Agriculture

Agricultural Sustainability as a Green Policy Goal

Industrial agriculture globally: Water and Agriculture

One of the issues rarely confronted when considering high intensive agriculture is the use of water in unsustainable irrigation. The draw down and depletion of aquifers is a rising cost and only recently, with the advent of earth observation and monitoring systems, are technologies becoming available to measure the extent of groundwater basins and recharging capabilities. The new satellite measurements of aquifers/ground water globally, as are now being reported with NASA GRACE satellites, comprise both a warning and a capability of needed sustainable environmental security. Water saving and water security are essential to a lasting agriculture policy.

-- http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Aquifers

-- http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations

• Alternative Agriculture

• Aquifers

• Farm-Related Policies

• Food-Related Policies

• Food Saving

• Genetic Engineering

• Pesticides and Pest Management

• Community Gardens

• Permaculture Practices

• Seed Saving

• Water Saving