Environmental deterioration of farmlands caused by the irrational use of agricultural technologies

Abstract

Without considering the ecosystem-dependence of agricultural production, irrational use of agricultural technologies could bring only short-term economic benefits but leave long-term environmental deterioration. If some agricultural lands have to be abandoned because of these technologies such as chemical films or groundwater depletion, it will aggravate the burden of remaining lands for maintaining or enhancing production. Thus, agricultural production should be a part of public services, requiring the consideration of interests of different stakeholders and sustainability.

Keywords

agricultural film / groundwater exploitation / food security / environmental cost

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Acknowledgements

Pan X. thanks for personal financial support from the Overseas Training Project of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (P163030005), Beijing NOVA Programme (Z1511000003150107), and Public Welfare Project for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (201410014).

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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