Planetary patriotism: Sustainable agriculture for the future

Schneiderman, Howard A.; Carpenter, Will

doi:10.1021/es00074a605

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“…A paper authored 25 years ago by scientists from the agrochemical industry made a call for "patriotic" Sustainable Agriculture through a reliance on agrochemicals and on genetically modified organisms, emphasizing that "Sustainable agriculture is possible only with biotechnology and imaginative chemistry" [42]. A more recent article on Nature Magazine reiterated this earlier line of thought, indicating that "Feeding the world is going to require the scientific and financial muscle of agricultural biotechnology companies" [5,43].…”

Section: Industry and Industry-funded Academics Support Techno-based mentioning

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Agroecology: A Global Paradigm to Challenge Mainstream Industrial Agriculture

Valenzuela

2016

Horticulturae

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Considerable controversy continues to exist in scientific and policy circles about how to tackle issues of global hunger, malnutrition, and rural economic decline, as well as environmental issues, such as biodiversity loss and climate change adaptation. On the one hand, powerful vested interests, with close ties to government, media, and academic institutions, propose high-input technology-based solutions, speculative and neoliberal "market-based" solutions, and export-oriented agricultural models. On the other hand, an international scientific and grassroots Food Movement has emerged, calling for a redesign of the Global Food System in support of small-scale agroecological farming systems. A call to re-evaluate our current Food Systems was made in 2008 by the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). Here, using the IAASTD study as a backdrop, we review the recent literature to outline key contentious points in the controversy between the need for high-input and "techno-based" versus agroecological farming models. A critical assessment is made of proposed strategies to protect soil resources, improve nutrient and energy cycles, protect agrobiodiversity, and promote social well-being in rural communities. With an increase in the number of affluent consumers (i.e., the middle class) in the developing world, and with the continued problem of extreme and chronic poverty with other larger sectors of society, Organic Farming and Agroecology models are put forward as a sound social, scientific, and rural development strategy.

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Agroecology: A Global Paradigm to Challenge Mainstream Industrial Agriculture

Valenzuela

2016

Horticulturae

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“…By the turn of the century, the world's population will exceed six billion --a 20% increase and almost entirely in developing countries (2). The population of the world is expected to double by the year 2030, requiring at least double the amount of food we are currently producing (3,4).…”

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Regulation of environmental chemicals

Condray

Fuller

1990

Environmental Carcinogenesis Reviews

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“…During the next 20 years many of today's chemical pesticides will become obsolete. Certain environmentally friendly herbicides, like glyphosate, will still be used, often in combination with .biotechnology, to replace less friendly herbicides" (Schneiderman and Carpenter, 1990). "Environmental pressures have led to a growing demand for an overall reduction in the use of pesticides and, in countries such as Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, sucha reduction has become formal government policy" (Thomas, 1990).…”

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Weed Aggressivity in Agronomic Crops

Schweizer¹

1990

Proceedings of the Integrated Crop Management Conference

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Planetary patriotism: Sustainable agriculture for the future

Cited by 20 publications

References 12 publications

Agroecology: A Global Paradigm to Challenge Mainstream Industrial Agriculture

Agroecology: A Global Paradigm to Challenge Mainstream Industrial Agriculture

Regulation of environmental chemicals

Weed Aggressivity in Agronomic Crops

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