Agriculture
growing more than one crop species together in the same place at the same time
What is Polyculture?
A period of improvement and industrialization to better improve Agriculture and crop yields.
What is the Green Revolution?
Majority of our land is used for _____ and _____.
What is Agricultural production and raising livestock?
Include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc.
What are Pesticides?
carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
What are Macronutrients?
process of growing one crop species in a field at a time
What is Monoculture?
Began to genetically modify crops for various beneficial traits
What was the start of the Green Revolution?
irrigation practices, fertilizers, erosion problems, and more contribute to how much _____ is needed to produce food.
What is land?
A material/product applied to soil to supply the plant with nutrients
What is Fertilizer?
fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals
What is the nutrients you need to be healthy?
Organic Farming, Livestock farming, Aquaponics, Aquaculture, crop rotation, permaculture, Agroforestry, multi cropping/intercropping, etc.
What are different Agricultural Methods?
Chemical fertilizers, irrigation, Higher yield crops, Agrochemicals
What did the green revolution involve?
Not all land is suitable for planting leaving _____ being the most commonly used option.
What is ranching?
Fertilizer gets eroded with sediment and can end up in water. This could then go into a larger body of water and create a deadzone.
What is the impacts of farmers using chemical fertilizers?
people do not consume enough calories or do not eat a sufficient variety of foods to get the vitamins and minerals they need
What is malnutrition?
- leads to quicker spread of disease or pests
- lowers soil health
- requires use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
what is cons of Monoculture?
An increase in production, New varieties of higher yields,organisms with more resistance to disease
What are the impacts of using genetically modified organisms(GMOs) and methods?
- raising animals requires _____ ____ than producing plant crops, yet plants have less calories and nutrients but are easier to produce.
What is more land?
pesticides are good for temporarily assisting pest control, however long term they harm the environments and health of humans.
What are the pros and cons of Pesticide use?
- The amount of energy available from food.
- amount of energy needed to raise 1kg of water by 1 degree celsius
What are Calories?
- requires more labor
- Marketing can be difficult
what is Cons of Polyculture?
American Agronomist who led and contributed to the increases in agricultural production(the green revolution)
Who is Norman Borlaug?
- Available resources
- geography and climate on the farm
- government policy
- economic, social, and political pressures
- philosophy and culture of the farmer
What is the variables that determine how cropping systems may vary?
- set action thresholds
- Prevention
- Monitor and identify
- Control
What are the steps of IPM?
- rice
- wheat/ grains
- corn
- soybeans
What is the main food sources grown for consumption?