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Potential for a New Generation of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems of the Future
Author(s) -
Kirschenmann Frederick L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj2006.0104
Subject(s) - agroecosystem , abandonment (legal) , biodiversity , agriculture , production (economics) , business , natural resource economics , agroforestry , environmental science , economics , ecology , political science , biology , macroeconomics , law
Industrial agriculture, which is grounded in the industrial principles—specialization, simplification and concentration—that inform all industrial economies, has been exceptionally successful for the past half century. But, as we enter the 21st century this modern agriculture will be facing a number of serious challenges that may force the abandonment of these principles in favor of a more diversified, complex system of food and fiber production.