Open AccessNegative influence of agricultural waste products to the environment
Author(s) -
Boris Jarinovskis
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
linnaeus eco-tech
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2002-8008
DOI - 10.15626/eco-tech.2007.071
Subject(s) - peasant , manure , agriculture , environmental protection , pollution , business , environmental science , agricultural economics , agricultural science , geography , agroforestry , agronomy , ecology , biology , economics , archaeology
Research works have been made to determine the negative influence of agricultural wasteproducts from peasant fanns to the environment in eastern region of Latvia (Latgale). It isascertained that since Latvia has got independence, great amount of peasant farms have beenestablished which have got from 2 to IO ha of land in property in most cases where peasantskeep cattle, grow crops and vegetables for their needs. As a rule peasant has 1-2 catties, pigs,hens, sometimes sheeps. There are also another farn1s with great amount of land and cattle butnot so many. Technology of waste recycling is used in such farms. State control of waterpollution is also conducted. Ground and underground waters are polluted in peasant farms.The main reasons of pollution are: chemical (mineral fertilizers, pesticides, oil products);bilogical (manure, liquid manure, dead bodies of animals and wastes ); domestic (glass andplastic packages (capacities), polyethylene of greenhouses, used domestic electrical devices).Mass burning of last year's grass in last years is a result of destruction of useful groundmicroorganisms, flora and fauna. Lack of depositories for manure, inappropriate use ofmanure and liquid manure causes too much nitrates in ground and pollution with helmits. Themain reasons of ecosystem's pollution are: individual peasants' low level of ecologicalculture, incomplete legislation. There are a lot of both national and European legislative Actsthat regulate toxicants' influence to the environment but all of them need to be unified.Almost all of the legislative Acts are accesible on the Internet, besides they are requiringpayment, but the Internet is not available for majority of peasants. Activities for reduction ofenvironmental pollution are offered in connection with such situation. Such activities are:perfection of legislation, establishing system of agricultural waste products' gathering, sortingand recycling, establishing depositories for manure and technologies for manure's using,creation of "waste free" technology for cattle's slaughter, meat and dairy production'sprocessing, making the role of State services and public organisations in increasningecological competence of population more important, apportioning extra finances forenvironmental protection in peasant farms.