5.7and 5.8
How are large-scale commercial agricultural operations replacing small family farms?
They are replacing them through having more access to capital(mechanization , factories, pesticides, fertilizers, automation) and land; being able to buy out the smaller family farms
How do developing and developed countries depend on each other in agricultural production and consumption?
Developing countries depend of the export of agricultural products and cash crops to help sustain their economy, and developed countries rely on the developing countries to make products they wouldn’t be able to their region.
What are some of the consequences of irrigation?
It can drain a water source, and overuse of water for agriculture purposes can cause drought and water shortages, leading to an increase in water costs
What are the pros and cons of aquaculture?
Pros: reduces overfishing, provides jobs, provides lots of food for people
Cons: causes pollution through water becoming contaminated through pesticides, antibiotics, and other chemicals, and land change such as destroying mangroves to make room for fish farms
What is the did fence between women in agriculture in developing countries vs developed countries?
Women in developed countries have more opportunities and often are near or of the same quality as men in agriculture, but there are still some difficulties, but it’s still better than for women in developing countries, there are still strict gender norms and women often don’t have land rights, access to the market, access to education, and access to seeds.
What are the economies of scale?
Cost reductions that occur when production arises, as farms produce more, costs per unit decreases: mainly large scale
Identify the main elements that effect the global food distribution.
The global food distribution is effected by political relationships, infrastructure and patterns of world trade
What are some of the consequences of desforestation?
Soil erosion, loss of natural habitat for local species, slash and burn can cause smoke to pollute the air snd contribute to climate change
Why are agricultural innovations such as biotechnology, GMOs, and aquaculture are debated over?
They have many debates over sustainability, soil and water usage, reductions in biodiversity, and extensive fertilizers snd pesticide use
How does the role of women impact socially?
Women becoming more empowered start to loosen gender roles in some developing countries, they are starting to be seen as more than housewives and their importance in the agricultural industry is starting to be more recognized, although some women still feel that they are playing a supportive role, it has been easier for them to enter in this work and provide for their families and community more through this.
What is a complex commodity chain?
A network of people information, processes, and resources that work together to produce, handle, and distribute a community or product; a product that is used to make multiple products, such as cocoa and chicken eggs
what are some of the effects that a bad political relationship can have on agriculture?
counties can put tariffs on imported products and can also have a trade war
identify environmental effects of agricultural land use
Deforestation, pollution, climate change, desertification, salinization and conservation efforts
What movements influence patterns of food production and consumption?
Individual food choice, community supported agriculture, organic farming, urban farming, value added specialty products, fair trade, local food movements and dietary shifts
How does the role of women impact politically?
Governments are recognizing the importance of women in agriculture and are starting to give them loans and land rights to them, as well as smaller organizations teaching and educating women in agriculture
What is the order of different agriculture farming ordering from closest to the central city to the farthest away?(von thünen model)
1-intensive farming and dairying, 2. Forest 3.extensive field crops 4. Ranching, animal products
Why are the products made in developing countries only going to developed countries
Developed countries can afford lots of crops, and people who work on the farm don’t even eat the food they grow because they can’t afford it because they get very low wages
What agricultural practices alter the environment?
Deforestation, slash and burn, terraces, irrigation, draining wetlands, pastorals nomadism and shifting cultivation
What is the main challenge in reducing food insecurity?
While we produce enough food to feed everyone on earth, the main challenge is distribution, lots of people don’t have access to healthy and a variety of nutritious food to eat, a lot of them in food deserts, that can be urban or rural, but away from grocery stores. Other challenges include suburbanization and adverse weather and conflicts.
How does the role of women impact demographically?
More women participating in the workforce are able to gain money and fire food in order to help finish poverty, which helps in population increase due to more women being able to afford/grow healthy food for their family and community
How is the von thünen model explain patterns of agricultural production at various scales, and what are the things that are wrong with this model?
It helps explain the importance of transportation costs associated with the distance from the market; the model does not take into account the improved methods of transportation and the global market, as well as refrigeration and food preservation
What is fair trade?
Fair trade is the movement that promotes better wages and working conductions for people who work in agriculture, as well as better trading conditions
Identify societal effects of agriculture
What factors have an economic effect on food production practices?
Government policies, location of food facilities and markets, economies of scale and distribution systems
How does the role of women impact environmentally?
Women practice subsistence agriculture, which is sustainable for the environment, and improved food snd nutrition security is a result of women empowerment