The Effects Of Agriculture Wastes On The Atmosphere
The Philippines is known for being a rich country in terms of natural resources and for exporting agricultural products internationally. It was a big asset of the Philippines in terms of production. It has a lot of lands are being cultivated by Filipino farmers, mostly this is their source of income. The fertile land are the primary source of livelihood in the Philippines which can be found in the wide plain that is suitable for agriculture like Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, South western Bicol, Panay, Negros, Davao, Cotabato, Agusan and Bukidnon. In order for them to have a better quality of product, they used two kinds of fertilizers and it can be an organic or a chemical-based. It is for the healthy growth of plants and for plants to grow faster. Before, they limit the use of chemical in farming because this is quite expensive and they preferred the organic.
Due to industrialization, they continue using a chemical-based fertilizers. They used this kind of fertilizer because it has substances that give nutrients which is the basic need for plants to able to grow healthy. These wastes can be converted into another raw material. But if we see the other side, it may be an advantage to them but it can also have a long term disadvantage not only them but also to us. On the other hand, source of agricultural waste such as chemical fertilizer and animal manure contains harmful elements that release and form a gas like ammonia and which is bad for the air. Once it is combined with air, it will turn into a toxic gaseous which result a possibility in increasing the pollution in air which is bad for our atmosphere. Agriculture is one factor of causing the increasing of carbon dioxide that affects the environment and this is because of the current agricultural practices.
Since Philippine is focused on agriculture because it helps in the development of economy through exporting of products. Also, the population is rising and it is result to the high demand of foods. Farmers preferred to use chemical fertilizer rather than organic fertilizer because they wanted to see the fast effect of it on their crops while organic fertilizer takes time to fully affect the crops. In this way they have the chance to harvest a lot and earn. That’s why they choose chemical fertilizer over the organic. Despite of this, organic fertilizer use natural sources this mean that the gas released by this is lower rather than chemical that undergo a chemical process which has a high possibility in releasing a toxic gas. Excess gas use in fertilizer can contribute to the greenhouse gases and it will affect the atmosphere. Ammonia is considered as one of the most common and hazardous gases in the atmosphere, it comes from different agricultural activities as it often use in fertilizing.
One more thing is the improper waste disposal, this is the reason why it’s harm to expose to another gas. Burning crops is the common process to dispose agricultural waste and this will lead to a global warming and ozone depletion that is alarming to all of us. The global warming caused by air pollution is one of the main problems nowadays and agricultural waste is one of the common contributor of air pollution because of the depletion of the ozone layer climate change occurs affecting peoples life and way of living. Air pollution also affects the quality of air that inhaled or absorbed by all living things.
As we know, global warming is getting worse as a time goes by. Since agriculture is one of the factors, farmers should reduce agricultural activities that contribute in affecting atmosphere like reducing the use of chemical fertilizer in this way it can help to prevent the further damage to the ozone layer. It will be better if they use a natural sources and recyclable materials.
