Nutrition
Make up larger parts of agricultural production.
Grains.
Practice of growing a single crop over a wide area and for larger numbers of consecutive years. Can lead to spread of disease and pests.
What is Monoculture?
What is the third agricultural revolution?
Green Revolution.
Any substance used to kill, repel or control any plant or animal That is consider a pest.
Pesticides.
Involves marine species, like tuna and salmon and grow aquatic species.
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Meat is a concentrated, high-value source. Dairy products are also key sources.
Protein.
Use multiple crops in same space and avoids large stands of single crops.
What is Polyculture?
Pre modern humans were nomadic. Follow herds of animals. This revolution is called:
Neolithic Revolution.
Control methods are effective and cost efficient.
Pesticides Costing.
Only wheat primarily consumed by humans. Corn and soy processed into products.
important sources.
Good indicator of wealth, because it is expensive to produce.
Meat.
Can involve marine species, such as salmon or tuna, or freshwater fish in ponds.
What is Aquaculture?
In late 1600s, started by dutch.
Children are more suseptible to pesticide damage.
Benefit of pesticide.
Pig and poultry rely on this more bacteria thrives or feed lots and makes livestock put on weight faster.
Depend on local climates.
Dominant crops.
System in which plots of land is cultivated temporarily, then abandoned. This system is called :
Shifting Cultivation.
Used more chemical fertilizers, irrigation, yield crop, herbicides and pesticides.
Green Revolution.
May be the best bet against major agricultural disasters.
Pesticides.
Make up larger parts of agricultural production. Corn is most abundant crop, followed by soy beans and wheat.
Grains.
Production of all major crops has increased in the past how many years?
50 years.
Avoids susceptibility of monocultures to disease.
What is Diversity of Crops?
He is a key figure. Awarded noble prize 1970. Spread new plant variety.
Dr. Norman Borlaug
People are exposed to pesticides through widespread use.
Benefit of pesticide.
Most important source of vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and complex carbs.
Fruit and vegetables.