Agricultural answer to climate change - Optimizing resources

Abstract

Objective: Sustainable future is our task. Site-specific crop production is compatible with sustainability from ecological, economic and social aspects. The aim of the paper is to highlight the role of innovation in optimizing resource use in agriculture. That means the use of all items of precision technology matched with a form of farming technology that is appropriate for the environment. The question to be answered is: what solutions give enough income for farmers and keep the environment in good condition if the climate is changing, in the aspect of the “de-growth’ theory developed by Serge Latouche. Methods: Based on content analysis a summarization is given in this paper on the ‘de-growth theory’.