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| Niggli, U.; Hepperly, P.; Fliessbach, A.; Maeder, P.. |
| Agricultural production in most parts of the world will face less predictable weather conditions than mankind experienced during the intensification of agriculture over the last century. Especially South Asia and Southern Africa could suffer negative impact on several crops when no investments will be made into improved adaptiveness of the production systems. Besides specific technical measures (irrigation, breeding for drought improved or heat tolerant crops), the resilience of whole production systems is a very important focus. Organic agriculture is a highly knowledge-based technique for manipulating complex agro-ecosystems, for breeding locally adjusted seeds and livestock, and for producing on-farm fertilizers and inexpensive nature-derived... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Environmental aspects; Air and water emissions. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/13350/2/niggli%2Detal%2D2008%2Dadaptiveness%2Dsummary.doc |
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