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Figure 7 - Impacts of agricultural practices on GHG emissions
Agricultural Practices – Environment Quality
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The sustainability criterion “environment quality” includes soil, water and air quality
and is influenced by agricultural practices as machinery work, fuel combustion,
fertilisers and pesticides application (see figure 8).
Figure 8 - Impacts of agricultural practices on environment quality and health
Air quality is related to emissions of CO, NOx, SO289, metal, PM90, NMVOC,
PAH 91 , and Benzene, themselves depending on agricultural practices. Some
practices increase these emissions (for example, use of fertilisers), some decrease
them, and some other practices increase some emissions and decrease others.
38 Sulphur dioxide
39 Particulate Matter of different sizes
40 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons