Agriculture

In the late 19th century, many factors affected agriculture in the United States as small farms transitioned to large farms. Technology, government policy, and economic conditions greatly influenced the way agriculture functioned in America. Farmers were exposed to advanced agricultural machinery and suffered from poor economic conditions due to a lack of government intervention. As production of crops increased thanks to the advancements in agriculture and processing, the prices of food dropped, leading to the eventual downfall of American farmers. In addition, the government was rooting for the success of the national economy, even if that meant choosing to neglect the struggling farmers and workers that made that success possible.

In the time period between 1865 and 1900 technology,government policy,and economic conditions really changed American agriculture. The technology made farming more efficient,and more profitable. Government policies both helped and hindered farmers with helping them transport their products,but they also “stole” from the farmers to help make the government more money. The economic conditions helped farmers with selling more products,and helping cities grow;along with starving families almost to death. All of these coming together really changed American agriculture.

Agriculture is extremely important to the Bolivian economy, employing two percent of the labor force. Bolivia's agriculture suffers from antiquated farming methods, uneven population distribution, and inadequate transportation. Although now self-sufficient in the production

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.

With concerns of climate change on the rise, a growing population, and a fear of being unable to maintain water demands many of our daily practices are coming into question. Agriculture is not immune to the criticisms, particularly with regard to fossil fuels. In the mid 1900s farming operations started to exploit fertilizers and land to increase the yield of inexpensive grains. Such practices require fossil fuels in immense quantities through fertilizers, pesticides, and transportation. However, passionate debates often occur over the importance and where to go from here. Michael Pollan, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and the National Chicken Council vary widely in their opinions but it is likely that no one direction is feasible.

The future of America is on the farm. Imagine a world without food. Without restaurants, grocery stores, or drugstores. Imagine kids laying in the middle of the road because they have gone days, even weeks without eating anything. Visualize waking up every day and having to go out and search for food, because nothing is available anywhere. Picture living without your morning coffee or your after school snack. This is probably very hard for most people to imagine. Everything that we wear, eat or consume is all thanks to agriculture. That is why people need to start looking into the future and realize that technology, food demand increasing, organic food and GMOs are the future of agriculture.

Women in Sub-Saharan African should work more in that there is an increase in the number of women participating in agriculture, as most men have resorted to work in non- agricultural activities. This entails that women should venture into men’s cash crop farming too so that they earn more income in order tothat can change their economic situation.

Canadian Agriculture experienced a distinct development in each region. Varying climate and geography being responsible for it. As a result, each region settled at different periods in politics and economics. Either way, from the colonial era to the modern day, agriculture is now a subordinate industry. Canada having a well-established individual agricultural industry alongside it. An example documented in the overwhelming success in the global marketplace. Even so, Canada prides itself on its systems and policies ensuring high standards. The industry’s best practices, besides reputation establishing a cornerstone. Canada’s economy and international trade thriving on it. For this reason, the historical significance of agriculture through history

Investors from outside sub-Saharan Africa are continually purchasing land from local farmers. This practice is causing challenges for the indigenous people who depend on the land for their livelihoods. Certainly, land grabbing is a major challenge for African countries due to the increasing interest among these foreign investors who show increasing interest since the global food crises in 2007-08 (Kachika, 2008). “Generally, countries short of agricultural land supply are looking elsewhere, particularly to Africa, in order to meet their agricultural needs” (Kachika, 2008). Furthermore, a high demand for bio fuel feedstock has many investors seeking land throughout Africa.

Due to laws regarding coloured people, until 1994, almost 80 percent of the population had less than 20 percent of the land to farm, which lead to the over use of the soil and the low yield rate. In the mid 1990’s issues around this law were looked at by the government, with regrades to the reforms of apartheid (ita 2004).

Over the years agriculture has nearly diminished from the workforce. Why is this happening? In fact, ever since the Industrial Revolution’s promises of “big city success” agriculture has taken a hit. Agriculture has been a foundation for the infrastructure of the United States since it’s creation. Agricultural careers are a necessity for the nation. It is important through the history, from whom it affects, the effects on the environment and people, and to find a solution to the loss of this core element.

Micro poverty in Nigeria is prevalent and most of these are found in rural communities. These are associated with poor infrastructure facilities, food insecurity, and traditional agricultural practices, poor access to credit, production inputs and general inability to meet basic need(Federal Office of Statistics 1999). According to(UN millennium project 2006), cited the causes of poverty as being enormous but the basic that affect the micro poor are lack of education, gender inequality, access to health care, lack of infrastructure, absence of market and government regulation /social unrest that often leads to war. Due to these constraints large numbers of people in developing countries (Nigeria) are in persistent poverty and trapped in cyclical poverty as shown in figure 1.

Agriculture was the most important economic activity in America from the founding of Virginia in 1607 to about 1890. Although farming declined rapidly in relative economic importance in the twentieth century, U.S. agriculture continued to be the most efficient and productive in the world. Its success rested on abundant fertile soil, a moderate climate, the ease of private land ownership, growing markets for farm produce at home and abroad, and the application of science and technology to farm operations.

Conventional wisdom dictates that improving agricultural productivity, either through irrigation projects or the introduction of genetically modified crops, is the key step in ending rural poverty in sub-Saharan poverty. Our research overturns this assumption. By using a global poverty map and standard soil productivity measures, we find that the regions in sub-Saharan Africa with better soil quality actually experience higher rates of poverty.

Agriculture is a vital part of society, and Agribusiness is of course the business behind it. While agricultural needs were different in ancient times, farming was always necessary. With agriculture came the domestication of plants and animals. This domestication allowed the human civilization to flourish. With time, new technologies and lifestyles changed the course of agriculture.