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6.3 Food Production problems and their solutions (How to produce food more…
6.3 Food Production problems and their solutions
How to produce food more sustainably
Conserve topsoil
Terracing
Intercropping
Wind brakes
Stop overplanting
Restore soil fertility
Crop rotations
Organic fertilizers
Nitrogen, Phoshporus, Potassium
Stop Overgrazing
Produce meat and dairy products more sustainably
Expand organic agriculture
Pesiticides and Pest Control
Pests are species that interfere with human welbeing and compete with human beings
Animals that control pests
Predators
Parasites
Disease organisms
Synthetic Pesticides
Lasecticides
Herbicides
Fungicides
Rodentocides
Benefits
Prevents insect-born diseases
Works fast
Can be stored and shipped easily
Problems
Harms ecosystem
Harms wildlife
Pollute
Stop being effective after little time
Food Produciton problems
Overexploitation
Fish being caught for oil only
Fish farm issues
contaminated and full of pesticides
lots of waste
Advantages with fish farms
High efficiency
High Yield
Produces jobs
Meat Production Issues
Habitat destruction
Overgrazing
Water usage
Pollution
Loss of mangroves and forest territories
Agriculture
Uses
70% of freshwater
38% of world's land
25% of the total greenhouse gases
Causes 60% of all water pollution
Causes loss of biodiversity
Soil Degradation
About 1/3 of the world's land has been degraded because of growing crops
Topsoil is exposed when crops are removed
Being exposed makes it easier for it to be eroded