Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems
Rodale Institute · Cornell University · +3 more institutions
Abstract
H eavy agricultural reliance on synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides is having serious impacts on public health and the environment For example, more than 90% of US corn farmers rely on herbicides for weed control The estimated environmental and health care costs of pesticide use at recommended levels in the United States run about $12 billion every year
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 27.27
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 45
Authors
5- DPDavid PimentelCorresponding
Rodale Institute, Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Eastern Regional Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- PRPaul R. Hepperly
Rodale Institute, Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Eastern Regional Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- JHJames Hanson
Rodale Institute, Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Eastern Regional Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- DDDavid D. Douds
Rodale Institute, Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Eastern Regional Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park
- RSRita Seidel
Rodale Institute, Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Eastern Regional Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park
Topics & keywords
- Agriculture
- Environmental science
- Organic farming
- Natural resource economics
- Environmental protection
- Geography
- Economics
- Archaeology
- Zero hunger