The Widespread Adoption of Zero and Conservation Tillage Technology in Canada

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

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In 2015, Canada’s natural resource exports were valued at $231 billion with Canada ranking among the top 3 producers globally for Potash (1st), uranium (2nd) and (3rd) aluminum (Government of Canada). An addition, is that the forest sector directly accounts for around 20% of the income in the 171 municipalities across Canada (Central Intelligence Agency). The 3 industry sectors, primary, secondary and tertiary all began from resources found and made from the country’s landscape. These resources are either sold primarily, or are then manufactured or turned into forms of services which result in trade. Therefore, the basic fundamental for any industry and trade is the landscape of the country.

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

According to the United Nations, food security is defined as “all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (“Rome Declaration,” 1996). Canada has adopted this definition, although they monitor food insecurity per each household and analyze financial barriers causing the situation. Research has shown that 62.2% of households

The government passes, enforces and dismantles laws. At the current state of Canada’s technology advancement, there are numerous changes that they can make in order to reduce the negative impact on our land, water and air. For land, the government can enforce green agricultural practices. Through integrated land and water management, the Canadian government can aid agriculture companies by preventing desertification. The government may also enforce the use of vegetative covers, mixed farming practices and appropriate agriculture processes for each ecosystem. The majority of all Canadian agriculture is practiced in the middle provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

My understanding of underserved rural environments is limited to what I have read and what I have observed while visiting the Pacific Northwest and the Appalachian region. However, my familiarity with more urbanized underserved regions is much keener. I have discovered a common theme in many of these underserved areas.

Food security is an issue in Canada that people from different ages may experience. Furthermore, food security is an international topic we all need to take a stand on, as it will affect the future of our people, our agriculture, our economy, and our overall lifestyle. Some people in Canada cannot achieve food security due to a chain reaction that is hard to stop when it begins. Agriculture plays a huge role in food insecurity because the outcome of floods, droughts, and other natural disasters is famine. This is when extreme food scarcity becomes a problem. Canadians will not have enough food for themselves and their families, and malnutrition becomes an issue. Moreover, these agricultural factors causes a loss in income especially for farmers,

According to Statistics Canada in the 2011 census, Midale, Saskatchewan has increased its population by 21.6%. This is an incredible response from the 2006 census where Midale had seen a drop of 6.9% from the previous census. Of course, this may be due to the recent development of oil resources in the area. Nevertheless, it could possibly be due to the tenacity of the farmers in the area that are reflected in singer/songwriter, Brad Johner’s, song, The Farmer’s Back. Midale was incorporated as a town just about 115 years ago. Agriculture has been an important resource since its beginning. Johner grew up in this area of southeast Saskatchewan and writes about his fond memories and rural lifestyle in many of his songs.

I believe that farming has the biggest economic, social and environmental impact on Canada. My first reason why is that Canadians spend a lot of money on food. Canada spends 4.6 billion dollars on food and that helps the industry. Think about what you buy in a month, we are always eating so we buy groceries a lot. We need food to survive so we are always buying it and that’s because of farming. It also creates jobs for Canadians. This is a very important job and pays well because many companies need farmers in order to have their companies. Take superstore, their company is created on selling food so the company will need the farmers to run. Lastly it is healthy for the environment because it is a renewable resource. If the land is used properly

Canada is a resource processing country, and many of its products take important positions over the world. Canada is also a technology intensive country with advanced technology and equipment of industry and agriculture and high labor productivity. There are more than 15 million people in its labor force, the respectively proportion of

Four out of eight country areas in that district had fertile soil. In the other four regions, just 10 percent of the area was operational for developing nourishing crops. Each of the eight regions was heavily populated. Around 1780 to 1850, the population had expanded from 16 to 28 million individuals (Library and Archives Canada, 2009). In the meantime, no new approaches had been found to advance congregates in the area; eventually the environment could not sustain everyone. The public development prompted an area deficiency; which resulted in higher rent for farmland. Individuals without fields to develop had some impediments nourishing themselves.

Meanwhile, agricultural reformers advised farmers to rotate their crops, conserve the soil, use fertilizers, adopt new crops, improve livestock breeds, and use the latest machinery. Although a few farmers practiced soil conservation by rotating crops or growing legumes, they just simply plowed up new lands when the fertility of their fields declined. Of the three main components of production—land, labor, and capital—land was the cheapest, so it made economic sense in the short run to exploit the soil to the fullest (Fite 28).

However, for all of its potential environmental, healthful, and economic strengths, conventional tillage has some serious downsides. Plowing the soil makes the soil very loose and highly susceptible to erosion by wind and water. The Department of Agriculture reports annual losses of almost 1.7 billion tons of topsoil, which costs farmers a lot and also harms ecosystems (Tabuchi). Traditional farming also tends to waste a lot of water due to evaporation and runoff into watersheds (Tabuchi). Losses of soil and water have great impacts on watershed ecosystems, where qualities such as turbidity, or cloudiness, and chemistry of water mean life or death for aquatic organisms. Runoff from traditional farms, even organic farms, carries any fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides used on the farm downhill into lakes and streams (Ritter). These chemical additions to aquatic ecosystems lead to eutrophication, an excessive presence of nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen. Eutrophication, in turn, leads to algal blooms, fish kills, and ultimately the destruction of valuable biodiversity. Conventional tillage farming also has dramatic impacts on the global economy and health. When loss of topsoil and water causes costs of farming to rise for farmers, the prices of agricultural products subsequently rise for consumers. Sadly, this rise in prices for consumers leads to poorer global nutritional health and disproportionately high mortality rates for children, women, and the

Thesis Statement: The economy is for ever changing toward what has control of demands, the environment of entrepreneurship is high on the charts, however the small business are surviving equally with the large businesses.