UNIB10009 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Population Bomb, Third Order, Junk Food
15 Mar 2017
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F o o d & e nv iro nm e nt. Hungry people: unequal distribution poverty; worse when short supply. Low education, poor gov, infrastructure, health care & natural resources. Poor (female 60%), landless little/ low-income farmers, 75% rural few alt. sources of income; 96% developing countries. Sustainable intensification: increase yields with existing tech, reduce neg externalities, better agronomic prac/ management of waste in livestock prod, precision agriculture; reducing waste (30-40% lost at farm level) developing lack of storage, developed retail & home; change diets. Wealth: more protein, less carbs energy intensive, ghg (methane, no from livestock 14. 5%), inefficient production. Paul ehrlich: the population bomb 1968 mass starvation. Green-revolution: developed drought & disease resistant strains of wheat, 1. 3bill. Method: develop high yield crops; large input of fertilizer, pesticide, water; increased number of crops grown on land per year. Oil in agriculture: fertilizer, farming, pumping water from aquifers, transportation.
