146 KB38 KB2004Hodges, Johnštevilka:1str. 37-46ISSN:1581-9175COBISSID:1614216ISSN:1854-4800URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-URADVA94enBiotehniška fakultetaActa agriculturae slovenica. SuplementEvropska unijakmetijstvoznanostznanstvenikiživinorejaSocial responsibility of animal scientists in the new Europe| Družbena odgovornost živinorejskih znanstvenikov v novi Evropi|Enlargement of the EU in 2004 from 15 to 25 countries was a significant moment in European history. The process of bringing countries and peoples together is likely to continue forming a larger EU and Greater Europe. The formation of Europe over many millennia has created diverse ethnic groups, cultures and languages. The genetic and cultural origins are briefly described. European values developed under Judea-Christian influences. The EU is not intended to homogenize this human biodiversity but to provide unity without uniformity. The paper focuses upon agriculture as a historic formative influence and argues that its future role must embrace rural and environmental quality of life issues as well as food. The model of intensification and scale in agriculture developed in the 20th century in Western Europe under government policies has brought an abundance of cheap food and also massive demographic movements of people from rural to urban locations. The paper argues that this model should not be adopted for the enlarged EU and Greater Europe because of the inevitable consequence of further migrations of up to 73 million people from the land, creating enormous new socio-economic problems. The paper calls for animal and agricultural scientists to develop, with other disciplines, a new model for European agriculture which will not divide rural from urban society and will enable the former to share prosperity and quality of life with the latter. New values of community and recognition of social capital are needed if this endeavour is to succeedŠiritev EU v letu 2004 iz 15 na 25 držav je bil pomemben dogodek v evropski zgodovini. Proces zbliževanja držav in ljudi bo verjetno nadaljeval oblikovanje večje EU in veliko Evropo. Tisočletno oblikovanje Evrope je ustvarilo različne etnične skupine, kulture in jezike. Na kratko so opisane genetske in kulturne korenine. Evropske vrednote so se razvile pod vplivom judovstva in krščanstva. EU nima namena poenotiti te humane biodiverzitete, temveč zagotoviti enotnost brez enoličnosti. Prispevek se osredotoča na kmetijstvo kot na zgodovinsko oblikovan vpliv in razpravlja o njegovi vlogi v prihodnosti, ki bi morala obsegati tako kmečko in okoljsko kakovost življenja kot tudi kakovost hrane. Model intenzifikacije je v razvoju kmetijstva v 20 stoletju v zahodni Evropi pod vplivom vladnih politik prinesel obilje poceni hrane in tudi množično preseljevanje ljudi iz kmečkega v urbano okolje. Avtor meni, da ne bi smeli tega modela prilagajati razširjeni EU in veliki Evropi zaradi neizogibnih posledic nadaljnjih migracij do 73 milijonov ljudi, ki bi ustvarili velike socialne gospodarske probleme. Prispevek poziva živinorejske in kmetijske znanstvenike, da skupaj z drugimi znanostimi razvijejo nov model za evropsko kmetijstvo, ki ne bo delil družbe na ruralno in urbano ampak bo omogočal razcvet podeželja in kakovost življenja v mestu in na podeželju. Potrebne so nove družbene vrednote in prepoznavanje družbenega kapitala, če želimo, da bodo omenjena prizadevanje uspešnaTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta