ABSTRACT
Agricul tura l technologies can have significant impacts on the air environment. This chapter summarizes these impacts based on current practices, and identifies potential changes in the impacts based on the usage of some emerging agricultural technologies. In addition to the impacts of agricul tural technologies on air quali ty, the air quality i tself , which may largely result from nonagricultural act iv i t ies , can exert undesirable stresses on agricultural crops and animals. This chapter w i l l also address this issue along wi th the following topics: (1) identif icat ion of air quality impacts; (2) models for impact quantification; and (3) management and control of air impacts.
