Agrochemistry Chemistry and chemicals in agriculture.
Agricultural Chemistry is the science of chemical compositions and changes involved in the production, protection, and use of crops and livestock.
The aim of agrochemistry is to control and understand the processes by which humans obtain food and fiber for them-selves and feed for their animals; that includes all the life processes through which food and fiber are obtained for humans and theirs animals, and control of these processes to increase yields, improve quality, and reduce costs.
Modern agrochemistry is a research and development branch of chemistry and at the same time a large-scale industrial production area. The scientific sub-discipline deals, among other things, with livestock animal health, pest control by pesticides, crop protection and fertilization, harmful plant reduction and chemical processes in agricultural and forestry soils (soil chemistry) to improve soil fertility.
Since the late 1980s, the agrochemical industry in Central Europe has been criticized for violating ecological and sustainability principles and causing damage to people and nature (e.g. through DDT) by promoting industrial agriculture and genetic engineering. Agricultural chemistry in its current form is often viewed as incompatible with sustainability and ecological agriculture, although the targeted and well-dosed use of modern agrochemicals can help to combat crop failures and thus world hunger. In addition, a radical departure from current practices is hardly realistic in the short term, also due to crop failures. On the other hand, the aim must be to develop concepts that avoid damage to people, nature and the environment.
The aim of agrochemistry is to control and understand the processes by which humans obtain food and fiber for them-selves and feed for their animals; that includes all the life processes through which food and fiber are obtained for humans and theirs animals, and control of these processes to increase yields, improve quality, and reduce costs.
Modern agrochemistry is a research and development branch of chemistry and at the same time a large-scale industrial production area. The scientific sub-discipline deals, among other things, with livestock animal health, pest control by pesticides, crop protection and fertilization, harmful plant reduction and chemical processes in agricultural and forestry soils (soil chemistry) to improve soil fertility.
Since the late 1980s, the agrochemical industry in Central Europe has been criticized for violating ecological and sustainability principles and causing damage to people and nature (e.g. through DDT) by promoting industrial agriculture and genetic engineering. Agricultural chemistry in its current form is often viewed as incompatible with sustainability and ecological agriculture, although the targeted and well-dosed use of modern agrochemicals can help to combat crop failures and thus world hunger. In addition, a radical departure from current practices is hardly realistic in the short term, also due to crop failures. On the other hand, the aim must be to develop concepts that avoid damage to people, nature and the environment.
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