Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe

• Tác giả: B Maliszewska-Kordybach, M. J Wilson
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0792363787
• ISBN-10: 9401141819
• ISBN-13: 978-0792363781
• ISBN-13: 978-9401141819
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 577 Ecology
• Thông tin xuất bản: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (392 pages)
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học tự nhiên
• ID: 279225
• Chủ đề: 1. Environmental economics; 2. Environmental management; 3. Environmental sciences; 4. Environmental toxicology; 5. Soil conservation

Tóm tắt

Agriculture is a crucial component of the economies of many of the countries in transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy and the sector is by no means immune to the environmental and socioeconomic problems confronting the countries as a whole. The concept of sustainable development provides a convenient framework for the formulation of government environmental policy for such countries, especially those of them that aspire to join the EU and would thus be expected to meet EU environmental standards. For agriculture, this inevitably involves appropriate strategies for balancing crop and animal production while protecting the quality of the national soil and water resources. There is thus an urgent need to compile, exchange and evaluate current information on the quality of soils in these countries, and to assess the potential impact of new management practices on the soil and on the wider environment.