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Excessive use of land for agriculture

Other Names:
Uncontrolled growth of farm land
Inappropriate conversion of land to crops
Incidence:

Conversion means habitat altered by human activities to such an extent that it no longer supports most characteristic native species and ecological processes.

Broader Problems:
Excessive land usage
Unsustainable agricultural development
Narrower Problems:
Cultivation of marginal agricultural land
Aggravates:
Deforestation
Soil degradation
Rival claims for conservation land
Vulnerability of world genetic resources
Environmental insecurity
Reduces:
Food insecurity
Reduced By:
Soil mismanagement
Deliberately unused farm fields
Strategies:
Ensuring comprehensive system of protected areas
Reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations
Decreasing atmospheric nitrous oxide concentrations
Improving animal feed products
Land use planning
Developing sustainable land use policy
Using agro-ecosystems in conservation management
Developing agriculture
Controlling growth of farm land
Converting land to crops
References:
Brown, Lester R: Food or Fuels: new competition for the world's cropland
Subject(s):
Agriculture, Fisheries → Agriculture
Agriculture, Fisheries → Crops
Agriculture, Fisheries → Cultivation
Cybernetics → Control
Economics → Resource utilization
Geography → Land type/use
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 2: Zero HungerGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
13.05.2019 – 19:46 CEST

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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