Author(s): Roman Récky, Jarmila Horváthová
Title: Ecological Agriculture and Impact of Selected Aspects of Agriculture on Environment
Source: Sustainable, Resilient and Fair Food Systems in the EU and Globally. Proceedings of the scientific papers from the international scientific symposium
ISBN: 978-80-552-2557-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15414/2022.9788055225579.98-107
Publisher: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia
PY, pages: 2022, pp. 98-107
Published on-line: 2022-12-15
Language: eng
Abstract: The ecological crisis is an issue having impact on every inhabitant of our planet. The climate change and deterioration of the environment constitute the existential threat for Europe as well as the whole
world. In 2019 the European Parliament proclaimed the climate emergency and the European Commission prepared subsequently the European Green Deal, which was approved on December 11,
2021. The principal objectives of the Deal are the decrease of fine emissions of greenhouse gases till 2030, at least by 55% in comparison with the year 1990, and also ensuring the economic growth that
will not depend on the usage of sources. The agricultural basic production ranks among the significant contaminators of the environment. It has the negative impact on the environment predominantly by
application of pesticides and mineral fertilizers, and also the formation of greenhouse gases. The agricultural production creates approximately 11% of the total formation of emissions, out of it 70% comes
from animal production. The ecological agricultural production presents the alternative way of utilization of agricultural soil targeted at the production of healthier foodstuffs and the elimination of harmful
impact on environment.In our paper we analyse the selected indicators of the ecological agriculture in the Slovak Republic. The long‐term increase is observed in the area of ecologically cultivated soil and
the number of farms of ecological farming. According to the type of areas, we have the most significantly presented the ecologically cultivated permanent grasslands. The numbers of animals kept within the
ecological agricultural production vary, depending on the individual species. The application of pesticides is growing from the long‐term aspect, however, in the recent evaluated year there was recorded a
slight decrease.
Keywords: agricultural soil, ecological agriculture, mineral fertilizers, pesticides, sustainable agriculture
JEL Classification: Q1, Q5, Q 15
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