Agriculture : A Global Environmental And Humanitarian Issue

Agriculture has long been the foundation of economy and society, especially during the time as early as in the Middle Ages. As the foundation of agriculture, corn production was the most important agricultural activity at the time.

The first reason of why agriculture is a better way of life, is because according to document 1 farmers were less violent. Hunters and gatherers on the other hand were in constant state of tribal warfare. This resulted in 25-30% of adult males dying from homicide. Warfare was necessary to keep population density low. This was due to the fact that a certain place only had so much food to support one person. Farmers on the other hand could use a small piece of land and plant crops that could support many people. They do not have to fight over food therefore less war and violence.

Agriculture is the main reason we have civilization today, for without food surplus people would spend their days finding food and water constantly. Native Americans started like all other people in the world, doing just that, until over time they turned food production into an art. Without the elaborate specialization of crops over time, people would not have reached the point that they had before the Europeans had arrived. The allowance of food surplus led to the ability to advance culturally, scientifically, and economically.

One of the biggest issues accompanied with modern agriculture is land use. In the United States, for example, around 60 percent of land is used to grow produce and livestock. With such an extensive use of land

Agriculture - The science or practice of farming, including soil care and readying for crops, care for farm animals, and the actions of collecting milk and wool.

Yes, Mr. Pearce’s claim is somewhat right, overconsumption is a problem. However, it is not the only one; overconsumption is simply a problem that contributes to overpopulation. An article titled, “Reducing Carbon by Curbing Population,” by Eduardo Porter states, “On current demographic and economic projections, food production would have to increase 70 percent by 2050. ‘Population growth is responsible for about one-half of increased food consumption,’ said Tim Searchinger of the World Resources Institute. ‘The other half comes from higher incomes and richer diets.’ ” We are simply consuming more than we are able to produce, causing starvation in undeveloped/developing countries that also can not economically afford to feed its people. Therefore chronic malnutrition in these countries, (especially in women and children), results in a weaker population who are only economically ‘a drain’ on the country as their productive years will be

Agriculture: Agriculture is known as the use of plants, animals, and other resources for food, medicine, and other practical items. Agriculture was a key factor in forming civilizations, as people needed to find an area where there plants and animals could thrive. Farming domesticated animals was an important aspect of agriculture, as it was a reliable source of food. Today, over one third of workers have a job involving agriculture, such as farming or ranching.

Agriculture is one of the best things that has happened to humans. For once, humans were freed from the bonds that nature had over them. Agriculture has allowed so much more efficiency in domesticating animals and plants and innovating technology. These major things have branched off into more advanced things we know of civilizations today.

Human societies since the beginning of time have probably committed more land to Agricultural production than for any other purpose. Demand for land especially for Agricultural production in many parts of the globe is on the increase. Studies have revealed that the rise in demand for food to feed the world’s teaming population, the increased demand for agricultural output to produce alternative energy, high agricultural product prices are amount other factors that have caused a surge in the demand for agricultural land globally.

I personally do not think that agriculture was the worst mistake in human history, but many of the negative results of it are still in existence. Some of the consequences that affected agriculturists during its early times have been resolved or neutralized. As humans became more proficient at growing crops and trade became more efficient and viable, a larger variety of food was available. The biodiversity in the food has increased now so that today, there is not a consistent low-nutritional diet for most people. Pastoralism has also advanced to the point were animal products and meat are more available for everyone. The overall life expectancy has also increased greatly from the 19-26 years presented. There are also medical advances and

Some people feel that agriculture is just for farmers and people who live in the country. However, this is not true. We all need the products produced on farms. Agriculture is important to me because I use plants, and animals every day; my town relies on agriculture of its economy.

What is farming? Farming also called agriculture is the activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock or in other words Farming is growing crops or keeping animals by people for food and raw materials(Wikipedia, May 19). Farming is very important to people providing food, oxygen from crops and more but farming can also damage the environment and harm people if farming is not done appropriately. Farming has a lot of environmental impacts this report will talk about the positive, negative and, how to fix some of the problems.

As the world population continues to rise, there are growing concerns for maintaining agricultural farmlands, especially in developing countries with drought and famine. This has also led to many shortages of food, due to high demand because of the increasing population. Demographists worry that if this growing issue continues to hurt food consumption of povertized countries, than there will be more deaths because the population is increasing, but the food levels are staying the same, or even decreasing. Some of these demographists believe that this is occurring, because the developed countries are intaking too much food. Others believe that this is because of the overpopulated countries, and the fact that they are in higher need for food because of their population. Another problem that arises within this is deforestation. Deforestation is a part of this growing problem because when massive woodlands are cut down, the lands become dry and bodies of water in or around the land dry up, making crops unsuitable for crop growth and crop rotation, leading to the lands to turn into non-arable lands. This is also known as desertification. This correlates with population growth because if lands become non-arable, then crops won’t grow there, leading to starvation in developing countries with higher population needs and demands. Although some people are taking action for the problems that this issue has given us, we’re still nowhere near solving the problem.

Climate change and the diminishing of the natural resource base caused by human activity to provide their needs and satisfy their insatiable appetite for more things as well as the pressure on the nature caused by population increase has necessitated the need for such behaviors and activities as will assist man to cope in this situation. These behaviors and activities to cope are called resilience and Walker and Salt (2006) defined resilience as the ability of a system to absorb disturbance and still retain its basic function and structure. To reach to this resilience level, there is need for redesigning of the use of the natural resource base in a manner that will ensure its sustainability. One of the systems that depend on the use of natural resource base for its total thriving is the agricultural system. The extent to which an agricultural system is resilient depends solely upon the practices used to extract benefits from the system, that is, to improve productivity. It is therefore imperative to ensure that farmers employ sustainable practices, stakeholders put in measures that promote these sustainable practices and policies be developed that support the sustainable practices. Nevertheless, there are other various drivers and disturbances that impact on agricultural system apart from the unsustainable practices and these drivers also determine the level at which the agricultural system will be resilient. In this paper, I will discuss the agricultural system and its

Agriculture is the production of food and goods through farming. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of