Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.609.41 |
Enhancing environmental quality in agricultural systems | |
Stanghellini, C; Kempkes, FLK; Knies, P | |
通讯作者 | Stanghellini, C |
会议名称 | International Symposium on Managing Greenhouse Crops in Saline Environment |
会议日期 | JUL 09-12, 2003 |
会议地点 | PISA, ITALY |
英文摘要 | Greenhouses have been extremely successful in providing abundant, cheap and high-quality produce, by using resources (water, minerals, pesticides) with a very high economic efficiency. Marginal agricultural land is being rapidly converted into protected cultivation in many (semi-arid) regions of the world, hoping to prosper both from primary and secondary activities. Water use efficiency of greenhouse production is about five times as high as field production of vegetables. However, in spite of using resources more efficiently, greenhouse areas have an enormous visual and environmental impact: diversion of limited good water resources; contamination due to pollutants released with over-abundant irrigation; production of plastic and mineral waste and biological by-products; contamination due to plant protection chemicals and emission of "greenhouse" gases (CO2) by heating with fossil fuels in Northern countries. In addition, greenhouse production has an "image" problem: there is a general perception among European consumers that such an "industrial" production of food is non-natural and unhealthy, although in the Americas, for instance, the "cleanliness" of the production process is considered an advantage. Since, the "polluter pays" very seldom, environment-friendly production is more expensive. Therefore a large market in "eco-labels" has developed in response to consumers' misgivings and in the hope of recovering (part of) the costs through higher prices. However, there is little clarity about agricultural practices associated to each label and there are doubts about enforcement. This paper analyses advantages and draw-backs of greenhouse production, and attempts to review the items where improvement is necessary in order to ensure that greenhouse production is sustainable, yet profitable also in the future. |
英文关键词 | water use efficiency land use environment eco-labels recycling |
来源出版物 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MANAGING GREENHOUSE CROPS IN SALINE ENVIRONMENT |
ISSN | 0567-7572 |
出版年 | 2003 |
期号 | 609 |
页码 | 277-283 |
ISBN | 90-6605-996-6 |
出版者 | INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE |
类型 | Proceedings Paper |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Netherlands |
收录类别 | CPCI-S |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000184779000041 |
WOS类目 | Agronomy ; Plant Sciences ; Horticulture |
WOS研究方向 | Agriculture ; Plant Sciences |
资源类型 | 会议论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/294582 |
作者单位 | (1)Inst Agr & Environm Engn, IMAG, Wageningen, Netherlands |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Stanghellini, C,Kempkes, FLK,Knies, P. Enhancing environmental quality in agricultural systems[C]:INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE,2003:277-283. |
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