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Chapter 13
Food, Soil Conservation, and Pest Management
Updates Online
The latest references for topics covered in this section can be
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articles.
InfoTrac: A renewable economy as a global ethic. Michael
Lerner. The American Prospect, April 2006 v17 i4 pA30(2).
InfoTrac: Appetite for destruction. Kathleen McGowam.
Audubon, July-August 2006 v108 i4 p70(2).
InfoTrac: Boom times for protein. Lester R. Brown. USA
Today (Magazine) July 2006 v135 i2734 p59(1).
Union of Concerned Scientists: Genetic Engineering
USDA: Fueling the Green Revolution
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FOOD PRODUCTION
Food production from croplands, rangelands, ocean fisheries,
and aquaculture has increased dramatically.
Wheat, rice, and corn provide more than half of the worlds
consumed calories.
lFish and shellfish are an important source of food for about
1 billion people mostly in Asia and in coastal areas of
developing countries.
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Wheat, rice, and corn provide more than half of the worlds
consumed calories.
lFish and shellfish are an important source of food for about
1 billion people mostly in Asia and in coastal areas of
developing countries.
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FOOD PRODUCTION
Satellite images of massive and rapid development of
greenhouse food production in Spain from 1974 (left) to 2000
(right).
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States
The U.S. uses industrialized agriculture to produce about 17%
of the worlds grain.
lRelies on cheap energy to run machinery, process food,
produce commercial fertilizer and pesticides.
About 10 units of nonrenewable fossil fuel energy are needed
to put 1 unit of food energy on the table.
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small channels.
lGully erosion: fast-flowing water join together to cut wider
and deeper ditches or gullies.
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salinization.
White alkaline salts have displaced cops.
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Lack of water, high costs for small farmers, and physical limits
to increasing crop yields hinder expansion of the green
revolution.
Since 1978 the amount of irrigated land per person has
declined due to:
lDepletion of underground water supplies.
lInefficient irrigation methods.
lSalt build-up.
lCost of irrigating crops.
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Mixing Genes
Genetic engineering involves splicing a gene from one
species and transplanting the DNA into another species.
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Superpests
Superpests are resistant to pesticides.
Superpests like the silver whitefly (left) challenge farmers as
they cause > $200 million per year in U.S. crop losses.
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Sustainable Agriculture
Results of 22 year study comparing organic and conventional
farming.
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Sustainable Agriculture
Results of 22 year study comparing organic and conventional
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