ENST 201 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I More on GMO s II Urban Agriculture III Labor Intensive Agriculture Outline of Current Lecture I Labor Intensive Agriculture continued II Population Current Lecture I Labor Intensive Agriculture continued a Typically done by small family farmers i Easier to own such a farm rather than work for a large corporation b 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 soil d 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 platform e US examples CSA s people pay monthly fee to receive fresh produce every week i This eliminates the middle man for labor intensive farmers ii Incentives to buy local foods are often better quality fresh keeps money in the local economy 1 However local farmers are more expensive so they survive by shortening the market chain f Food deserts i Product of infrastructure and income ii Places where people can t find fresh produce and have to buy processed foods iii Typically occur where there is a concentration of low income families rural areas 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 II 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 have g Market Failures with industrial agriculture markets don t set prices accurately i No price on nitrogen runoff of farms or contributions to growing antibiotic resistance 1 People don t care about these issues because they don t have to pay anything Population a 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 generation 1 Education is the first to go when funds get low ii Chronic unemployment may lead to social unrest 1 Government loses legitimacy so Mali is said to be in a Quasi civil war
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