Agricultural Environments and Development

农业环境与发展

• 批准号: 1000229208-2013
• 负责人: Isaac, Marney
• 金额: $ 5.1万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=654323
• 关键词: Agricultural; Environments; Development

Innovative approaches to agriculture production will minimize a host of current challenges including land scarcity, misuse of fertilization, soil and water contamination and land-use change. These challenges are magnified by globalization processes and often exclusionary management. This research program will shed light on biophysical and human contributions to changing agricultural ecosystems in Canada and in developing countries. We will achieve this by investigating the efficiency of nutrient cycles and the performance of plants in alternative agroecological systems while simultaneously charting the human dimension of agroecosystem management. This approach is critical for highly productive yet sustainable landscapes in Canada and sound management practices for agriculture in the developing world.

农业生产的创新方法将最大限度地减少当前的一系列挑战，包括土地稀缺、滥用化肥、土壤和水污染以及土地利用变化。全球化进程和往往是排他性的管理放大了这些挑战。这项研究计划将阐明生物物理和人类对加拿大和发展中国家农业生态系统变化的贡献。我们将通过调查营养循环的效率和植物在替代农业生态系统中的表现来实现这一点，同时绘制农业生态系统管理的人类维度图。这种方法对于加拿大高生产力但可持续的景观和发展中世界农业的良好管理做法至关重要。