The future of european agriculture: food, energy, paper and the environment

European agriculture must progress towards a more multi-faceted utilization of different types of land in order to conserve arable land and thereby food production. The simultaneous production of food, energy and fibres appears economically viable . This also provides a solution to environmental problems of the community. The utilization of waste products as fertilizer when cultivating biomass should be done in such a way that we remain able to return rapidly to full-scale food production if unexpected developments occur. Thus crops chose must be able to be replaced rapidly by grain or pasture on land which has not experienced a loss of fertility or pollution by heavy metals.