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Deutsch: Landwirtschaftliche Bodenbewirtschaftung / Español: Manejo del suelo agrícola / Português: Manejo do solo agrícola / Français: Gestion des sols agricoles / Italiano: Gestione del suolo agricolo
Agricultural soil management is a critical practice in environmental sustainability, focusing on the preservation and enhancement of soil health to support agricultural productivity. It involves a range of techniques aimed at maintaining soil fertility, preventing erosion, and ensuring long-term viability of farmlands. Effective soil management is essential for both economic and ecological balance, as it directly impacts crop yields and environmental health.
An Agricultural User Sector/Market is Pesticides applied by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to farms and facilities involved in production of raw agricultural commodities, principally food, fiber, and tobacco; includes non-crop and post-harvest use as well as crop/field applications.
Deutsch: Landwirtschaft / Español: Agricultura / Português: Agricultura / Français: Agriculture / Italiano: Agricoltura
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.
Deutsch: Agrarökologie / Español: agroecología / Português: agroecologia / Français: agroécologie / Italiano: agroecologia
Agroecology in the environmental context refers to an approach to agriculture that applies ecological concepts and principles to optimize the interactions between plants, animals, humans, and the environment. This approach emphasizes sustainability, resilience, and the conservation of resources, aiming to create integrated, regenerative farming systems that benefit both the environment and communities.
An Agroecosystem is land used for crops, pasture, and livestock; the adjacent uncultivated land that supports other vegetation and wildlife; and the associated atmosphere, the underlying soils, groundwater, and drainage networks.
Deutsch: Agroforstwirtschaft / Español: Agroforestería / Português: Agrofloresta / Français: Agroforesterie / Italiano: Agroselvicoltura
Agroforestry in the environmental context refers to a land use management system that integrates trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock production. This approach aims to create more diverse, productive, sustainable, and resilient land use systems. By combining agricultural and forestry practices, agroforestry seeks to optimize the benefits they can provide to the environment, economy, and society.
Deutsch: Erdatmosphäre / Español: Atmósfera terrestre / Português: Atmosfera terrestre / Français: Atmosphère terrestre / Italiano: Atmosfera terrestre
The air around us is called atmosphere. It is a layer of a mixed gas (consisting of different single gases) surrounding the whole globe and kept by Earth's gravity.
Deutsch: Luftbindung / Español: Atadura de aire / Português: Amarrar de ar / Français: Liage d'air / Italiano: Legame aereo /
An Air Binding is a situation where air enters the filter media and harms both the filtration and backwash processes.