ROMÁN V., LUKEŠOVÁ D., NOVÁK P., ŽIŽLAVSKÝ M.
Abstract
Increasingly, areas meat production in South America is being transformed into a mosaic of human dominated land uses with cattle and pig livestock meat production. Different professionals may debate in years to come whether of not there was such a thing as the "Green Revolution" in South America in the late twentieth century. Certainly, the high profile of environmental issues in the 1980s and 1990s has been tempered by new public issues such as zoohygiene and transport safety. However, if we scratch the surface, we will find that the environment is still the key issue and that any reduction in public pressure is partly based on a belief that something is now being done. Even the new concerns of food security reflect on how we manage the environment and not least of all how we manage agricultural wastes within the environment as epidemiological studies show. Whether it is irrigation of river water onto salad crops or the need to spread manure on tolerable land, the link between poor practice and contamination is all too clear. The message remains the same; we neglect our environment at our peril as poor practice and a deteriorating environment will eventually come back to haunt those who dismiss necessary measures in favor of other short-term benefits.
Key words:
Production system, meat production, monogastric, polygastric, zoohygiene, Colombia.,