Creativity, innovation and future ‒ the key points regarding the “architecture” for the production of agro-textiles

Abstract

The twenty-first century represents the period of the most remarkable discoveries and transformations of the human civilization, but also the period of the most important changes regarding the evolution of the environment. At the present stage of the evolution of the society, the knowledge of the behaviour of the world economy cannot be conceived outside the environmental approach, as a system, structure and dynamics, its connections and implications on life on earth. Agriculture is an important source of emission of two greenhouse gases with a significant share in the influence of the global warming process. The key to protecting the environment from the harmful effects of widespread and unsafe farming practices is through implementing sustainable practices. Sustainable agriculture incorporates both the conservation of available resources and the use of agricultural practices aimed at protecting the environment. Given the increasing awareness of the environment and the specific knowledge of the various interdisciplinary technologies, special attention has been paid to unconventional technical applications, such as the use of textile structures in the agriculture and horticulture sectors to increase the quality and efficiency of agro-food products in terms of ensuring a healthy environment, social economic equity and a profitable economy. In this context, the textile sector and the field of technical textiles, through the potential of functionalities, can make a special contribution to achieving a level of coherence between agriculture, environment and rural development through the intelligent and sustainable capitalization of agricultural lands and labour force. For agro-textiles ‒ weight domain for the technical textile sector ‒ design is a problem-solving approach, based on common human technical/scientific skills or knowledge, which starts from understanding and observing the phenomena of the field in which these textile elements/products will be used. In this sense, the paper presents the logical matrix regarding the interactions between the problems that need to be solved, the elements that can influence the studied phenomenon the functions that the designed product has to fulfill and the effects produced by its use under real conditions of use.