ENST 201 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I. More on GMO’sII. Urban AgricultureIII. Labor Intensive AgricultureOutline of Current Lecture I. Labor Intensive Agriculture (continued)II. PopulationCurrent LectureI. Labor Intensive Agriculture (continued) a. Typically done by small family farmersi. Easier to own such a farm rather than work for a large corporationb. Example: In Asia, they use terracing to grow crops, but soil erosion and water runoff is a huge problem. In Kenya, farmers remedy this problem by digging depression on the steps and plant trees there that can shade the crops and protect from wind to protect crops and soil.c. Alley Cropping also utilizes trees to protect their crops from sunlight, prevent soil erosion, and add nutrients to the soild. Wet Tropics: Agroforestry: goats can’t be in water or their hooves will rot, farmers have created a tree that goats can eat from a dry platforme. US examples: CSA’s, people pay monthly fee to receive fresh produce every weeki. This eliminates the middle man for labor intensive farmersii. Incentives to buy local: foods are often better quality, fresh, keeps money in the local economy1. However, local farmers are more expensive, so they survive by shortening the market chainf. Food desertsi. Product of infrastructure and incomeii. Places where people can’t find fresh produce and have to buy processed foodsiii. Typically occur where there is a concentration of low income families/ rural areasThese 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.1. There are food deserts in America and is largely due to our transportation infrastructure (which lacks effective public transit) and the small presence local fresh markets haveg. Market Failures with industrial agriculture: markets don’t set prices accuratelyi. No price on nitrogen runoff of farms or contributions to growing antibiotic resistance1. People don’t care about these issues because they don’t have to pay anythingII. Populationa. Mali: is in stage 2( high birth rate, declining death rate)i. In the future there won’t be enough jobs for the growing young generation1. Education is the first to go when funds get lowii. Chronic unemployment may lead to social unrest1. Government loses legitimacy, so Mali is said to be in a Quasi civil
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