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Agriculture & Food
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agriculture and food production face significant ecological and environmental challenges deforestation for farmland expansion leads to habitat loss, biodiversity decline, and increased greenhouse gas emissions soil degradation from over farming, monocultures, and heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides reduces soil fertility and increases erosion water scarcity is exacerbated by intensive irrigation practices, depleting groundwater and surface water resources, and affecting aquatic ecosystems pollution from agricultural runoff , including pesticides, fertilizers, and animal waste, contaminates water bodies, causing eutrophication, dead zones, and health hazards for humans and wildlife climate change impacts agriculture through altered weather patterns, increased frequency of extreme weather events, and shifting growing seasons, which can reduce crop yields and food security greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, rice paddies, and deforestation contribute significantly to global warming loss of biodiversity due to monoculture farming practices and the decline of pollinators like bees affects crop production and ecosystem stability food waste throughout the supply chain, from production to consumption, represents a massive loss of resources and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions when decomposed in landfills addressing these challenges requires sustainable farming practices, efficient resource use, reducing chemical inputs, protecting natural habitats, and developing resilient food systems to ensure long term food security and environmental health 11 problems biodiversity & animal welfare docid\ kogu7glnb683fbbzks5ai climate crisis docid\ ik 5g zsy07vexgy4kd6g pollution docid\ lsdwgbsbcazfd ovh5x98 energy & industry docid\ eky9kjrvkwore5lq2wy2m agriculture & food docid\ tkxuekssuqz7eqalgrra3 water docid\ lhfguirixc0otlxykbjzz livable places & architecture docid\ qvedf7nypd da3o6rlzgd mobility docid\ z9rp mhuxibtcadn4fom6 fashion docid 11knup4yqwrfvwog wqa0 education and future of impact work docid\ g8sbfeun3jy3h0bvdshx tourism & white winters docid\ lyph1dukgrltmaxuvje5s