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Forty percent of the earth’s land cover is classified as either arid or semi-arid environment (Clark Davis & Kay 1983), in which, billions of people mainly from developing countries, live and work. Many of the arid zone environment is classified as to dry to grow crops (Creswell & Martin 1998). Still, crops like sorghum, millets (CONSORTIUM 2011) and cashes (Creswell & Martin 1998) are grown with reasonable success, as the plants or farmers have been able to adapt to the dry environment (Creswell & Martin 1998).

Farming in the Texas Panhandle is a lifestyle. Corn is one of the largest produced crops in the world and in the panhandle. It is a lot of families’ lively hood. These families grow many crops, but corn seems to be one of the most popular. In order to grow corn, they need water, but with the recent drought, these families have been struggling to find alternative methods to produce high yields. Everything from simply just changing their crop to something that needs less water to scientist engineering new breeds of said crop so that it can flourish with less water. In this paper I will cover some of these methods and hopefully give an insight to what these farmers are dealing with on a daily basis.

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The farmers have faced many challenges including droughts, and wildfires. With the challenges there are advantages to help prepare for future challenges.

With the drought targeting the agricultural community in California, many farmers are starting to research more ways on how to become drought efficient. The two common methods of farming are organic and conventional. Different farming methods have their own way on affecting the public health and the environment through herbicides and pesticides. Some of the benefits of organic technologies are higher soil organic matter and nitrogen, lower fossil energy inputs, and conservation of soil moisture and water resources (Pimentel and Hepperly 2008). Conventional farming can be more ecological by adapting some of the organic technologies. The objective of this literature review is to better understand the problems that arise from being in a drought, the water supply, and how farmers are adapting to the change in climate.

The current four year drought in California could threaten an increase in supply costs due to crop shortage and increased costs to farmers for crop production. One solution to this issue may be to raise the crop to supply the required ingredients.

of soil types and climate conditions. It can produce 2 to 3 times more crop than

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Over-planting of tobacco causes irreparable damage to the soil and environment (World Health Organization). Bromfield used his knowledge of farming to come up with tactics to prevent the overuse of soil. As mentioned in the other writing assignment, Bromfield devised a plan that involved rotating the crops he planted every three years. This eliminated the need for the soil to be treated chemically, and for crops to be grown during the winter months. In this situation, Bromfield synthesized his farming intellect, business savvy, and a basic knowledge of chemistry to devise this 3-year rotation plan. Bromfield also showed off his planning ability and practical knowledge by doing away with the “Old, square fields” (Bromfield, pp. 56, 1948) and instead “contour around the hills rather than up and down” (Bromfield Year, pp. 56, 1948) the hills like the other farmers

the best time to plant h crops in the rainy season. These are the reason why Randall Dasher is known as

With drought resistant corn farmers selected for the plants that grew the best in conditions with limited water supply, this usually consisted of features such as reduced stomata size in the plant to prevent water loss. Scientists have predicted that global warming will be the cause of a massive drought over the next 100 years. Extreme drought will mean that agriculture will be near impossible and millions will die due to limited food source. Drought resistant crops will be important in the future in order for sufficient food source. There is currently about 97,000 tonnes of sweet-corn grown in New Zealand annually from an area of 6,400 hectares. If New Zealand growers began selecting for traits such as smaller stomata size and removed plants that don’t grow with limited water supply we could be prepared for a future drought.

 Changes in global weather patterns has resulted in more crop failures and sharply higher

Corn greatly benefit from human intervention. Without the intervention of humans, corn would not be able to grow and thrive in certain areas of the globe. Different types of fertilizers and pesticides have allowed corn to thrive all around the world. Also, the use of pesticides and fertilizers has opened doors for corn to grow in different types of climate and fight off many insects and diseases. For example, in figure 2, one may see the effects fungal disease has on corn. It has made this corn inedible. Next, this disease may spread to other corn within the field or the corn stalk, greatly affecting a certain corn population. With the use of pesticides, corn is able to survive and feed many humans around the globe (PLOS Biology 1). Although pesticides are certainly not good to consume, without them, we wouldn’t have the quantity and quality of corn around the world that we have today (PLOS Biology 1).

With a changing climate it is important to direct investment towards those crop varieties that are able to withstand the increasing stress caused by changes in temperature and precipitation, as well as other changes that climate changes could cause indirectly, such as changes in pest and disease patterns (Vermeulen et al., 2011). Currently, several research organisations are working to develop new or improved crop varieties with greater resilience to the effects of climate change and capable of satisfying future demand for food. Privately funded research centres are becoming more active in this field as well.