摘要：American society expects agriculture to provide high-quality and moderately priced food andfiber in a manner that protects air, soil and water resources. While environmental policies andprograms have been successful in reducing water pollution from point sources, agricultural non-point source pollution is still a major problem. Agricultural-environmental policies andtraditional technologies have been effective in reducing water pollution from agriculture. Newerproduction technologies, such as precision farming and GMOs, incentive-based policies, such astradable emission permits, and information management technologies, such as geographicinformation systems, global positioning systems, remote sensing and Internet-based decisionsupport systems, offer significant potential for achieving further reductions in nonpoint sourcewater pollution. Community-based decision-making is a promising framework for addressingand alleviating adverse impacts of animal feeding operations on water quality and the quality oflife in rural communities.
