The organic approach to crop cultivation. Influence of rising food production with conventional or intensive methods on the environment. Soil degradation, water contamination, global warming and malnutrition is result of industrial agriculture methods.
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Content Abstract Introduction Environmental impacts Food safety and nutritional value Economic performance Conclusion Reflective component Reference list Abstract Along with famine and malnutrition problems there are significant environmental issues which are partly caused by industrial agriculture (IA). IA is the most wide-spread agricultural system even though it is known that IA negatively affects the environment. That is why new environmentally friendly and productive crop growth approaches have to be introduced. One of the possible solutions is organic agriculture (OA). In this paper, OA and IA will be compared using the criteria of effects on the environment, safety and nutritional value, and economic performance to show that OA should be encouraged to replace IA in the future. It will be proven that OA is less harmful for biodiversity and safe for soil quality. Also, despite lower productivity and higher labour consumption, OA can be as profitable as IA because for farmers of high demand and price on o