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Currently, world agriculture is faced with drastic challenges to produce sufficient food while minimizing negative environmental effects of crop cultivation. Unlike traditional agriculture, which used local biodiversity and species interactions to sustain food production, modern agriculture uses fewer high-yield crop varieties and largely ignores species interactions. Modern agriculture relies on...
China
Journal article
2013
Recycle agriculture has been the effective way to achieve cleaner agricultural production and sustainable utilization of agricultural resources. It is also an inevitable choice for modern agriculture to step out of developmental woes. This paper discusses the connotations, characteristics, theoretic basis and principles of recycle agriculture. The paper, especially, illustrates...
China
Journal article
2013
The traditional agronomy was initiated at the tide of experimental science in modern agricultural academia. Because of the apparent achievements of Industrial Revolution, the comprehensive grasp of agro-ecosystem in understanding and developing agronomic science has subsequently not been recognized. As a consequence, humanity has to confront the double crises of...
China
Journal article
2013
We currently face several challenges in the world: global population, food, energy and environmental crises are some examples. In this context, agricultural problems have become more acute. This paper identifies current weaknesses in ecological theory and propose future preferential actions.
We identified four main weaknesses related to eco-agriculture: 1) Lack of...
China
Journal article
2013
Local and international literature related to agroecology has grown rapidly in recent years. This increase recognizes the fact that agricultural research and production practices guided by reductionism is in crisis and that agroecology vitality depend on cutting-edge thinking and practice. The range of agroecology considered in this study was divided...
China
Journal article
2013
Hedgerow patterns have been used to control soil and water loss, agricultural non-point source pollution (especially nitrogen and phosphorus from slope-farmlands) in hilly areas. A comprehensive and rational evaluation of the ecological benefits of hedgerow patterns in slope-farmlands was critical for further evaluating eco-economic and social benefits of hedgerows. This...
China
Journal article
2014
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