The Impact Of Increasing Food Demand And Urbanization

Farming has been a source of work ever since man has been introduced to the earth, but the past 100 years have been promising in continuing to provide for the needs of the growing population. The people have become more educated, and technology has become much more advanced. The two have come together to boon the land and animals so that they produce to their fullest potential. The people of the world have been influenced to the extent that they work smarter not harder to provide for the growing population. Farming, a crucial necessity to the survival of mankind, has evolved in the area of education of the people which has assisted in the advances of technology, land, and animal production which will lead to the provision of food for the growing

The emergence of agriculture was a major stepping stone in human history. During this birth of agriculture, also known as the Neolithic revolution, humans began inhabiting permanent settlements, grow their own crops, and domesticate both plants and animals for food (Weisdorf, 2005). Considering humans have been hunter-gatherers for the majority of their approximately 7 million years of existence, the emergence of agriculture in the Old World only occurring 10,000-5,000 years ago, marks a significant transformation in food sustenance techniques (Weisdorf, 2005). However, this turning point in history is associated with both positive and negative implications. There is much controversy over whether or not the introduction of

Most people would argue that the transition from hunting and gathering of food to agricultural food production was the best innovation in human history. We are taught to believe that this innovation gave rise to civilization, allowed for more leisure time in which people could then focus on arts and allowed for a higher yielding, more consistent and reliable food source. Despite some of the innovations that sprang from agriculture, upon a closer look, we can see that with the advent of agriculture came class division, gender inequality, less leisure time, overpopulation, diseases, deficient diets and starvation. The transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural food production may have been the worst mistake in human history.

Introduction: The emergence of agriculture was a major stepping stone in human history. During this birth of agriculture, also known as the Neolithic revolution, humans began inhabiting permanent settlements, grow their own crops, and domesticate both plants and animals for food (Weisdorf, 2005). Considering humans have been hunter-gatherers for majority of their approximately 7 million years of existence, the emergence of agriculture in the Old World only occurring 10,000-5,000 years ago, marks a significant transformation in food sustenance techniques (Weisdorf, 2005). However, this turning point in history is associated with both positive and negative implications.

Humans have been developing agriculture for as long as the beginning of the Paleolithic Era. Cultivating crops have became more advanced because technology has been expanding from tools to skills that have caused a healthier lifestyle. In addition, the domestication of animals started to blossom as individuals began hunting and gathering using animals like dogs and cattle. Due to this, people had a variety of food and resources to help them flourish with many labor skills like hunting and gathering. As time progressed new technology is not the only thing people have adapted. In fact, humans have developed sedentary farming. Even though the growing of new skills was very effective towards human development, sedentary farming is what shifted the production of agriculture forever.

Describe the major developments of early human and social evolution. Throughout, discuss tool manufacturing, language development, agriculture, social behavior, and population growth.

Since the beginning of human development humans have been revolving around agriculture. It is known that, “Archaeologists and palaeontologists have traced the origins of farming to around 10,000 years ago” (Mason). This is truly remarkable to believe that the revolution as a whole may pivot on this period so long ago. Once this happened agriculture began popping up all around the ancient world spreading like wildfire. This planting of crops and domestication of animals allowed people to develop specialization because not everyone had to forage anymore. This allowed

Over the next forty years, global population is expected to reach nine billion people. This increase in population, combined with expected economic growth, will cause an increase in food demanded and inevitably drain the resources we use for food production. So far, agriculture has been able to respond positively to the rising demand for crop and livestock products. However, farmers are already faced with many new challenges associated with feeding an expanding global population. Farmers must now meet strict new emissions requirements and produce more food on fewer acres while minimizing their environmental footprint. The demand for food is expected to grow substantially in the next couple decades. Some of the factors affecting an increase in food demands are population growth, rising incomes of individuals, food supply factors, and biofuels.

Journal #1. Page 32-“The era of human history when agriculture was the most important of all productive technologies and the foundation for most human societies.”

The revolutionizing transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture was a central shift in the way homo sapiens lived that occurred twelve thousand years ago. Consequently, several factors contributed to this astonishing modification of life including increasing population size, favorable environments such as the Nile River in Egypt and the Fertile Crescent in the Mediterranean. Furthermore, the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture allowed for mass production of food in order for the sustainability of the increasing population size, but with agriculture also came specialization and the division of labor ultimately leading to moral inequality.

It will continue in the coming days. Despite this, general public is more or less unaware of the genetic modification, its advantages and disadvantages. Some people oppose genetic modification without knowing the information about genetic modification. They have emerging concerns for Genetic modifications associated with environmental hazard and human health. The genetically modified food like the insect resistant maize and herbicide tolerant soybean is in the US food market for almost 20 years with noteworthy advantages including reduced use of insecticides and herbicides, lessened labor costs and enhancement in food quality (Brookes & Barfoot, 2012). Day by day the number and amount of genetically modified food is increasing. The seeds and food plans are genetically modified for better production and tolerate adverse climate conditions. Sociocultural idiosyncrasies are different in different communities. Many countries within the European Union are reluctant invest time and effort to uplift genetic modification of food production. In the United States, most of the people accept genetically modified food without major concerns and a few other groups of people opposes genetically modified food (Zilberman, Kaplan, Kim, Hochman, & Graff, 2013). The global population is increasing and the crop fields are shrinking to accommodate the space for housing and industries. It is essential to increase food production by 70% by the year 2050 to feed increased number of population (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 2009)). In many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, lack of food causes increased malnutrition and mortality of infants. About 54% child mortality is linked with malnutrition in developing countries in 2001(World Health Organization, 2013). Shortage of food causes overall undernutrition and disease burden on the entire population. Feminine, poverty

There have been two major population explosions in the course of human social evolution. By the end of the Paleolithic period the world’s human population is estimated to have been between five and six million (an average of 0.1 person per square mile [0.04 person per square kilometre] of the Earth’s land area). Following the Neolithic or agricultural revolution, the population made its first major leap, reaching over the short span of 8,000 years around 150 million by the year 1000 bc (2.6 persons per square mile). For the next two and a half thousand years there was relatively little change. World population had reached about 500 million by the middle of the 17th century. During this time any tendency for population to grow was punished by

Genetically modified organisms, or GMO’s, include plants and animals that have had their DNA sequence altered to impart new qualities such as drought resistance, enhanced growth rate, and pest resistance (Feeding the World). In recent years, the genetic modification of raw food products has risen as a new alternative to traditional breeding since it provides faster results, is more efficient, and is more precise in targeting specific traits. “There are some problems that conventional methods can not solve” says Francisco Aragao, who is a researcher at EMBRAPA. Genetic modification is becoming increasingly more important due to the rise in population and the recent increase in urbanization around the world, from rural communities to city

The way we cultivate food has evolved over the course of history. Corn used to be small blades of grass. Tomatoes were much smaller, less sweet, and came in a variety of colors. Certain fruits and vegetables, such as grapefruits, did not exist in nature. Human interaction has been able to cross breed plants to evolve and meet the needs of the world. Our ancestors discovered how to modify two different plants by cutting them in half and splicing them together. This process, called plant cutting, gave the world a bounty of new crops including cauliflower, broccoli, and kale. As the world entered the 20th century new forms of food modification began to take place. The most well-known and commonly used form was genetic modification, which used modern science to change the DNA make up of plants. Crops were bred to require less water, require fewer insecticides, and to produce more crops. However, recent studies claim that GMO crops decrease the world’s food supply, are harmful to humans, and are harmful to the environment.

The ever growing population of the world means that we need sustain and produce enough food in order for the survival of humans and animals. It is thought that the world population will get around 9 billion by 2050 (Guardian, 2014). To ensure that future generations do not starve, through new technology science can boost food related research. Genetically modified crops are an essential step to meet the needs of the growing population. Genetically modified crops are plants that as had their DNA genetically altered by genetic engineering, these alterations to the plants are done so the plants benefits to both the survival of the plant in an ever changing environment and human health. With these alterations also come the consequences and