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Agriculture

In: What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics

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  • Jason Scorse

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Agriculture is the greatest human alteration of the natural world. Currently, more than 38 percent of the world’s land has been converted to agricultural production (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, 2004). In most cases the conversion to agriculture causes a dramatic decrease in biodiversity, since forests are often cleared to make way for crops. In addition to losses in biodiversity, agricultural production is rife with externalities caused by pesticide use, soil erosion, and water and energy use.

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  • Jason Scorse, 2010. "Agriculture," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics, chapter 0, pages 121-135, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-11404-3_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230114043_11
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