HNSC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Crop Yield, Food Preservation, Developing Country
7 May 2017
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Hnsc 1200 unit 2: food production and preservation notes. Define the common terms in food production and food preservation listed . Discuss the 4 methods of increasing food production . Fertilizers and pesticides increase crop yield and quality when applied appropriately. However, indiscriminate use of agricultural chemicals can contaminate the water that we drink and the plants and animals that we eat. The practice of mass production of fish or seafood in ponds or in floating. Aquaculture cages in rivers, lakes or the sea (cid:523)(cid:498)fish-farming(cid:499)(cid:524). With aquaculture, food safety concerns include: exposure to chemical pollution and oil spills. Residual levels of drugs and medications in the flesh of the fish. Drugs and medications are required to prevent spread of diseases in such dense fish populations. Helps provide a wide variety of food that would otherwise be less. Genetic engineering involves modifying/manipulating dna to make improvements to foods. It is the practice of genetic engineering to make useful, biological products.
