Toward a new engineering order
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Agricultural engineering has metamorphosed into a complex discipline responsible for societal development. However, a new order is needed to free the discipline from its agricultural image into a broader discipline. In this order, agricultural engineering is succeeded by a new term: biological engineering. The change of name does not only signify a superficial change but a broadening of concepts, structure and management. Men and women of the biological engineering profession must unite in implementing this change in order to effectively meet the challenges posed by the 20th century.
Publication Name: Agricultural Engineering
Subject: Agricultural industry
ISSN: 0002-1458
Year: 1992
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Implications of population trends on resources and environment
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The global population is expected to increase sharply in the future, reaching twice the 5.3 billion recorded in 1990 by the year 2025. This tremendous growth rate is likely to cause substantial pressure on the world's resources, which will result in heightened calls for sustainable agriculture. The impact of population on the environment is embodied in Paul Ehrlich's paradigm describing impact as a function of population, affluence and technology. Agriculture and engineering are expected to play key roles in fulfilling the ever-growing needs of the urban sector.
Publication Name: Agricultural Engineering
Subject: Agricultural industry
ISSN: 0002-1458
Year: 1992
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Cultivating the high frontier
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The importance of agricultural engineering in future space outposts is shown in a depiction of an imaginary lunar base. In the lunar base, the mission crew's life support system relies on agricultural engineering. The technology helps not only in providing food but also in creating a comfortable backup environment for the crew. Controlled-environment agriculture makes use of biomass energy and mechanization in order to grow a variety of crops. The process is repeatable, meaning that all unused biomass are either recycled or transformed for future use.
Publication Name: Agricultural Engineering
Subject: Agricultural industry
ISSN: 0002-1458
Year: 1992
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