Food Production
How is food produced? Industrial Agriculture Traditional Agriculture
Green Revolution Develop monocultures of high-yield key crops Large inputs of fertilizer, pesticides, and water Multiple cropping
Section 10-7 pg Reducing erosion: Conservation tillage Terracing Contour Farming Strip Cropping Alley cropping or agroforestry Windbreaks / shelterbelts Gully reclamation
Section 10-7 pg Reducing erosion: Conservation tillage Terracing Contour Farming Strip Cropping Alley cropping or agroforestry Windbreaks / shelterbelts Gully reclamation
Section 10-7 pg Reducing erosion: Conservation tillage Terracing Contour Farming Strip Cropping Alley cropping or agroforestry Windbreaks / shelterbelts Gully reclamation
Section 10-7 pg Reducing erosion: Conservation tillage Terracing Contour Farming Strip Cropping Alley cropping or agroforestry Windbreaks / shelterbelts Gully reclamation
Section 10-7 pg Reducing erosion: Conservation tillage Terracing Contour Farming Strip Cropping Alley cropping or agroforestry Windbreaks / shelterbelts Gully reclamation
Second Green Revolution Mostly in tropical and subtropical developing countries Introduction of new fast growing, high- yield varieties of crops (wheat and rice) Need fertile soils and ample water
Environmental Effects of Food Production
Increasing food sources for an expanding population 1. GMO - Genetically modified organisms
2. Try new foods Winged bean
Microlivestock 3. Irrigating more land 4. Cultivating more land 5. Grow more food in urban areas
6. Produce more meat Rangeland - uses native vegetation Pasture - uses domesticated or introduced forage plants Feedlots - grain, animal by-products
Environmental problems with higher meat production Concentrates pollution problems Increased pressure on grain and fish supply Increased fossil fuel needs Increased spread of infectious livestock diseases
7. Catch and raise more fish
Overfishing and habitat degradation (pg 304)
Aquaculture - Fish farming and ranching
Government and Agriculture policies (pg ) Sustainable Agriculture Ch. 13-8