Social inequality, violence, warfare, disease, overpopulation, environmental degradation, lower health and nutritional quality. These are some of the direct impacts of the development of agriculture. Given all the social and biological ills associated with the shift from being hunter-gatherers to agriculture, it has been said that agriculture is the “worst mistake in the history of the human race?”

Social inequality, violence, warfare, disease, overpopulation, environmental degradation, lower health and nutritional quality. These are some of the direct impacts of the development of agriculture. Given all the social and biological ills associated with the shift from being hunter-gatherers to agriculture, it has been said that agriculture is the “worst mistake in the history of the human race?”

Science Of Agriculture Biological Approach

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ISBN:9780357229323

Author:Herren

Publisher:Herren

Chapter27: The Agriscience Fair

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