GEOG 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Soil Retrogression And Degradation, Norman Borlaug, Free Market
14 Sep 2016
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Lecture 1: introduction to the global food crisis. More economic to transport the crops because majority of people live in southern. Makes a lot of money because demand is high. Easy to grow, land is perfect for it. Free market plays a large role in setting the price. Maximising production and efficiency has also directed food production. In the next 40 years, farmers will have to grow as much food as they have in the last 10,000 years combined. Lots of other academics predict that in 40 years we will have to ramp up our production. Who has access and control over farmland. How agricultural resources are distributed to the farm base. As temperature rises many types of crops will take a hit like rice, maize, wheat and soy. Adapting to temperature and water scarcity could mean crops may not necessarily fail more because of climate change.
