Solutions to Agriculture Problems
Food Sustainability
Natural Systems
Carbon and The Climate
Natural Resource Management
100

Nearly half of this produced globally is organic or biodegradable.

What is solid waste?
100

Livestock products are a major contributor to land requirements associated with this diet.

What is the western diet?
100

Living organisms and systems on land, in the water, and in the air compose this. 

What is the biosphere?
100
This type of production leads to collateral carbon flows such as losses to the atmosphere by topical deforestation for pasture and croplands. 
What is global livestock production?

100

Farmers everywhere developed these, seeking information beyond what they could gather at a glance. 

What are soil tests?
200
Human beings have long used this to feed gardens and fields.
What is compost?
200

This equation, conceived in the 1970s, proposes that environmental impact is a function of population, affluence, and technology 

What is I=PAT?
200

This is the largest contributor to GHG emissions by humans (if you include changes in land use)


What is agriculture?
200
The most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere, it is crucial for respiration and human life. 
What is Nitrogen?
200

 Heavy rains and steep slopes in, for example, Rwanda and Guatemala have lately brought about some of the highest recorded rates of this.

What is soil erosion?
300

With a population of over 775,000 people, this European capital has not sent organic waste to landfill in more than twenty-five years.

What is Copenhagen, Denmark?
300

Empirical evidence shows that consumption of these products increases as a country’s per capita income increases

What is meat and dairy?
300

This has decreased in USA over last 70 years, while urban areas have increased.


What is agricultural land?
300
Linger in the atmosphere for 9 to 15 years, this is more than 20 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.
What is atmospheric methane?
300
Practicing crop rotations with legumes and recycling organic materials is a good way to prevent this from happening. 
What is nutrient loss?
400
Its not just the bees, hummingbirds and bats also play a large role in this important process.
What is pollination?
400
This is the largest land user on Earth. 
What is livestock production?
400

A forest, ocean, or other natural environment viewed in terms of its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

What is a carbon sink?
400

A natural or artificial process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in solid or liquid form.

What is carbon sequestration?
400

The earliest example of terrace building to prevent soil erosion began in this area dating back to at least 2000 B.C.E.

What is Arabia?
500

This concept embraces a wide range of techniques, including organic, free-range, low-input, holistic, and biodynamic.

What is sustainable agriculture?
500

All told, the UN estimates that 240,000 children in Borno are suffering from this. 

What is severe acute malnutrition?

500

This process involves the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into nitrates (NO3-) and ammonium (NH4+)


What is Nitrogen Fixation?
500

Widespread use of these began around 1750 with the Industrial Revolution, and the trajectory has been upward since then.

What are fossil fuels?
500

In 1913, this German chemist found a way to synthesize ammonia from the air, the basis of all subsequent nitrogenous fertilizer. 

Who is Fritz Haber?
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