Multifunctional Agriculture and the Preservation of Environmental Benefits

Multifunctional Agriculture: Agriculture Renewal as a Modern Paradigm for Agriculture and Rural Development

Multifunctional agriculture (MFA) has emerged as a key concept in science and politics with respect to the future of agriculture and rural development in the recent decade. Overall, MFA implies that in addition to their main function in production and support of rural livelihood, the agricultural activities have some other advantages for the environment including the conservation of water and s...

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...

Sustainable Intensive Agriculture: High Technology and Environmental Benefits

Valuation of Environmental and Social Functions of the Multifunctional Cypriot Agriculture

The multifunctional farm sector in Cyprus poses threats on the island’s water resources, but also highly contributes to preserving the cultural identity, incomes and employment in rural areas. This paper presents an application of the Choice Experiment method, in order to evaluate these features of Cypriot agriculture, which are externalities, as farmers are not remunerated in markets for such ...

The Benefits of Modern Agriculture