Title: Farm-Level Optimization of BMP Placement for Cost-Effective Pollution Reduction (Dec,2004)
Summary:
In 2004 the Transaction of ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) published an article by William J. Gburek chronicling experiments with cost effective pollution reduction on a New York farm.
Topic: Sustainable Agriculture
Category: Academic Research
What is it? This is an article published by Transaction of ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers)
Publication Information:
Transactions of the ASAE Nov/Dec 2004, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p1923-1931
Published Nov 2004
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
2950 Niles Road
St. Joseph Michigan 49085-9659
United States of America
Author:
William J. Gburek
Location:
Accessed: March, 3rd, 2009 8pm
Support:
William J. Gburek: Agricultural Engineer
Margaret W. Gitua: Agricultural Engineer
Tamie L. Veith: Agricultural Engineer
USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit
These sources collaborated to produce an objective critique on an innovative pollution reduction technique on a farm in New York. Gburek, Gitua, and Veith of the USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit served as the as the engineers and researchers overseeing the project. After the data was collected they produced a collective conclusion about the effectiveness of the process.
Audeince and Agenda:
This article was published by the Transaction of ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) who is a privately funded engineering society and network service founded 1907 with contacts and members in 100 countries. They publish an academic magazine, journal and host conferences across the world. In 2005 the ASAE was renamed the ASABE ( American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering).
Usefulness:
This article was useful because it documented a successful method of cleaning up agricultural pollution. This is important to answering my should question because it shows that sustainability is possible. Effectiveness and cost are major issues when it comes to implementing sustainable practices in the farming industry and this article answers a lot of those questions. This research was also useful because it was based in the United States which makes the methodology of the pollution clean up more marketable to U.S. farmers. The motivations behind this project fall directly in line with Niconar Perlas’ article:The Seven Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture (N.Perlas, 1993).
Works Cited:
The Seven Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture (N.Perlas, 1993)
Transaction of ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers)
USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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