ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cherry Tomato, Corn Oil, Pesticide Resistance
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Ant214 lecture 4 agriculture, biotechnology & the environment. How you acquire the food you are getting and where it comes from. Outline: roots of the increase in agriculture production, the (cid:862)g(cid:396)ee(cid:374) (cid:396)e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)(cid:863) (20th century, agriculture and biotechnology agribusiness. If population is unrestrained (uncontrolled) by natural causes, it will double every 25 years: population growth tends to grow faster than food supply. Famine and poverty are the natural outcomes of over population with not enough food supply: know who he is, he"s (cid:373)ost i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e talk a(cid:271)out politi(cid:272)al e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)y a(cid:374)d de(cid:373)og(cid:396)aphy. Idea that more food is produced= more support for population but environment limits the amount. Supported taxes on grain imports; food security is as important as having high yields and high imports. Growing cows (to ensure they have enough vitamins and proteins in order for us to benefit from the useful animal: take special care of the animals we mostly need.
