I work as a researcher in fruitgrowing and breeding, and I always wonder on what we do with our environment in the name of "growing". In Central-Europe we can see, that the pooreset regions always have the most problems with the footprint of fruitgrowing, while the richer regions are usually clear, and pproblem-free. They export their problems, wastes, and footprints as well.
My question is: this is true to your region too, and it is a world-wide problem? Or it is just our local problem?
Dear Akos,
many thanks for your question. In terms of "footprint": Are you referring to the environmental and/or ecological footprint of fruit growing in general or just to specific subsets thereof such as the "climate footprint" of fruitgrowing? Or perhaps to the amount of (natural) resources used in fruit growing and hence the resulting "resource footprint/rucksack/backpack"? Would be very helpful to know in order to contribute to the interesting discussion topic you have opened there.
Thank you,
Julius
Principally, I mean all the impact on our natural environment. Not only the climatic, but the damage of our natural environment, the soil, the air, the wildlife, and so on.
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