ENVS 4012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Polyculture, Urban Agriculture, Nitrogen Fixation
14 May 2017
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Waste management: name an agricultural best management practice for the mitigation of ghgs. Changing the way/ how you transport: name an agricultural best management practice for enhancing ecosystems. Polyculture: name two of the five freedoms associated with assessing animal welfare. Involves quantification/calculation: also often confronted with conflicting evidence, for example: Some people argue that pesticides should never be used in sustainable practices because they are toxic substances. Others argue that the judicious use of pesticides ensures maximum yield and therefore minimizes the land area are required. Evidence: sometimes, evidence is not just scientific-evidence based, can also be ethical evidence, what do we look for as evidence: looking for facts and data. Information that provides basis for point of view observations that have been conducted. The craap test: currency: timelessness of the information. When was the information published and posted: relevance: importance of information for your needs. What are the author"s credentials or organizational affiliations: accuracy: reliability, truthfulness and correctness.
