Natural fertilizers were used in agriculture since ancient times and are still the best method of soil fertilization. Traditional agriculture, practiced in rural areas of Romania, contributes to the maintenance of soils fertilization ecological practices. Our research shows the evolution of the...

The subject of the paper is the concept of bioeconomy as a new, combined method to perceive the functioning of various sectors of the national economy producing and processing biological resources. Based on discussions in the literature and documents of the European institutions, bioeconomy has...

Die gegenwärtige Klimawandeldiskussion ist stark auf CO2-Emissionen, deren Entstehen und Vermeidungsmöglichkeiten fokussiert. Dieser Beitrag in der Reihe »Kurz zum Klima« betrachtet ein weiteres Treibhausgas, das Methan. Die wichtigste anthropogene Quelle stellt mit 42% die Landwirtschaft dar.

Die gegenwärtige Klimawandeldiskussion ist stark auf CO2-Emissionen, deren Entstehen und Vermeidungsmöglichkeiten fokussiert. Dieser Beitrag in der Reihe »Kurz zum Klima« betrachtet ein weiteres Treibhausgas, das Methan. Die wichtigste anthropogene Quelle stellt mit 42% die Landwirtschaft dar.

The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio Conference) heralded a new era of environmental law, with its purpose to formulate strategies to achieve sustainable development worldwide, recognising the interconnectedness of all systems on earth, and the need to...

This paper presents major environmental challenges in Bulgarian agriculture, and identifies and assesses specific modes for environmental governance in farming sector, and estimate prospects for changing environmental performance of farms in conditions of EU integration and Common Agricultural...

According to assumptions adopted by the European Union, energy production from renewable energy sources (RES) on a community-wide scale will reach 20% by 2020. One way to achieve this ambitious target is to develop wind energy. However, its evaluation is inconclusive. Among the benefits, its...

The accomplishments in Chinese agriculture have been impressive during the past 30 years of growth in the Chinese economy. But the costs have been extremely high as well, including: excessive pollution, topsoil erosion, a loss of fertility, unhealthy food, an increasing gap between the rich and...

Sustainability essentially involves maintaining level of per capita well-being over time. With coming of the concept of sustainability the line of distinction existing between Human and society got vanished and there was a paradigm shift to understanding the various dimension of human society...

Agricultural biodiversity should be considered as a key resource and the most important human heritage. Biodiversity of farm animals and plants gives the foundation to food production that ensures the existence and future of contemporary civilizations. Rapid economic development, unfortunately,...