Enst 201 Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Pastoralism II Intensive Agriculture Outline of Current Lecture I Food Production II Pesticide Treadmill III Green Revolution U S The obesity hunger paradox I IV Threats to food security Current Lecture II Food Production a Genetically modify crops to produce more which inhibits growth in other ways i Ex The preferable wheat is dwarfed b Increase production through pesticide and fertilizer which harms the environment c The problem now is how would we feed the growing population III Pesticide Treadmill a A dependency develops when framers start applying pesticide b Reasons Pesticide resistance and the pesticides interference with the food system c Some pesticides can bioaccumulate like DTP IV Green Revolution a Increased food production and solve the starvation problem temporarily b Many environmental effects These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute c Social problems i People were displaced for the creation of dams ii People moved to the cities and found manufacturing jobs iii Today less manufacturing jobs in cities V U S The obesity hunger paradox a The middle isle in the supermarket i Less money for more calories b Subsidies i The Big Five of the Farm Bill 1 Corn 2 Soybeans 3 Wheat 4 Rice 5 Cotton c U S is based on a mixture of the Four Basic Models of Health Care i The Bismark Model ii The Beveridge Model iii National Health Insurance Model iv The Out of Pocket Model VI Threats to food security a Soil erosion b Urban sprawl c Climate Change
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