That is too pessimistic for me, but even if realistic, shouldn't we at least try to stem the tide with "sustainable" solutions. Thank you for your referrals, I'll do some more study and come back later perhaps.
I appreciate the reply (particularly that part relating to what has occurred in this field during the last year) but my question was intended to elicit a specific response to a common criticism of the sustainability issue, namely, that sustainability is illusory, that absolutely everything we...
The original question sought to define the relationship between chemistry and sustainable agriculture. Both terms are evidently subject to varied interpretations but the second is perhaps more likely to arouse controversy because of the potential impact that the practice of sustainable...
A lot of ink has recently been spent in attacking or defending the conflicts between the policies of the EU and those of the US vis-à-vis agricultural products of the US. What are the real underlying factors affecting the resolution of these conflicts ?
What charcterizes best today the relationship between sustainable agriculture and chemistry ? What is the most significant progress made in the US during the last year in the substitution of organic resources for inorganic substances ?