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Chapter 12 - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 12
Agriculture
Neolithic rev
Small farms
Industrial rev
Green rev
Subsistence Agriculture: farmers grow enough crops for family, little profit
Modern:
Machinery
Infrastructure
Chemicals
Irrigation
Expansive land
Confined Animal Feeding Operations
Genetically modified organisms
Transgenic
Marker assisted breeding
GMO
Bacillus Thuringiensis (Cotton)
GMO Cassava
Monoculture
Biofuels
Food security: access for every person to enough nutritious food for active and healthy life
Family> subsistence agriculture
Nation> fill voids when not enough food
Global community> help nations in need of food security
Hunger
Undernourishment
Malnutrition
Over-nourishment
Trade
food is globalized
many nations export crops
out-of season or specialty foods
Biotech Advantages and Disadvantages
Ad.
Disease and pest resistence
Promote tolerance to environmental conditions
Improve nutritional value
Produce pharmaceutical products in crops
Less use of pesticides, less evironmental damage
Less soil erosion
Dis.
Environmental pest resistence
Ecological impacts
Super weeds
Allergic reactions
Antibiotic resistence
New toxins
Pharma-crops
Access in developing world