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Discussion on agricultural product quality and safety problem from ecological view.

XIAO Ming1, DONG Nan2, LYU Xin3   

  1. (1Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Xi’ning 810016, China; 2College of  Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; 3College of Agronomy, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, Xinjiang, China)
  • Online:2015-08-18 Published:2015-08-18

Abstract: There are many different perspectives about the sustainable agriculture, which had been proposed since the last three decades in the world. While China’s ecologists and agronomists proposed a similar concept named ‘ecological agriculture’. Although ecological agriculture in China has achieved substantial progress, including theory, models and supporting technologies nearly several decades of practice and development, its application guidance still is not yet clear. The organic agriculture model proposed by European Union is popular, but it is limited in the beneficiary groups and the social and ecological responsibility. In this context, the article based on an ecological point of view, analyzed the shortcomings of ecological imbalance caused by a single mode of agricultural production and the negative impact on the quality of agricultural products, and discussed the core values of ecological agriculture. On this basis, we put forward the concept of sustainable security of agricultural products. Based on this concept, an agricultural platform was established under the healthy ecosysphere environment, and from this agricultural platform, agricultural products could be safely and sustainably obtained. Around the central value of the concept, we designed the agricultural sustainable and security production model. Finally, we compared the responsibility, benefiting groups, agronomic practices selection and other aspects of sustainable agriculture with organic agriculture, and proved the advancement of sustainable agricultural model in agricultural production quality and safety.