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This book traces the origin of industrial agriculture, and argues that modern agriculture is pivoted on the typically west European notion of subjugation of nature by techno-military supremacy. As a result, modern industrial agriculture has irrevocably disintegrated natural agroecosystems (e.g. agroforestry), and promoted intensified production systems, based on monocultures of crops and toxic agrochemicals. Industrial agriculture is highly unsustainable, and crop yields tend to progressively decline, because the on-farm biodiversity is destroyed by application of toxic agrochemicals. As a result, this destructive mode of production elicits buildup of resistant pests and pathogens, depletes soil nutrients and groundwater stock, and jeopardizes public health across generations. In contrast, the existing models of biodiversity-based ecological agriculture worldwide, show significantly greater yield stability, productivity, and resilience than industrial agriculture.
Subjects
Places
Industrial vs ecological agriculture
Debal Deb.
Published
2004
by
Navdanya, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology
in
New Delhi
.
Written in English.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-80).
Other Titles |
Industrial verses ecological agriculture |
Classifications
Library of Congress |
S589.76.I4 D43 2004 |
The Physical Object
Pagination |
80 p. ; |
Number of pages |
80 |
ID Numbers
Open Library |
OL16319810M |
LC Control Number |
2006413689 |
History Created December 11, 2009 · 5 revisions
| November 20, 2011 | Edited by Debal Deb | Edited without comment. |
| August 29, 2011 | Edited by Debal Deb | Edited without comment. |
| December 3, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
| January 21, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | add subjects and covers |
| December 11, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |