The Future of Global Agriculture
Global agriculture has been suffering for many years. The problems that are being faced now are not new, nor will they go away in the future, but rather increase. This can be seen though the constant poor use or land and food, the deterioration of farming land, and the always hungry developing countries. The world does not seem to be able to use the land and food it has to its full advantage. First, grain that could be feeding the starving is being wasted away to accommodate the developed countries of this world. 40% of the worlds grain is being fed to livestock to be used in the meat centered diets of 1 and 4 people of the world. Using grain fed livestock to support the countries is not even efficient, because of the amount of calories lost during production. Second, people are not taking care of their land. They are stripping it of essential nutrients, and turning the land in to dust by overgrazing and over tilling, which causes erosion. Once the soil is lost it is useless, and can not be replaced. 75 billion tones of soil is lost every year. Also, contrary to popular belief that the world does not have enough food to feed everyone, it does. T
Changes in the environment have a huge effect on the world capability to produce crops. Some of these changes come naturally, but most have been rapidly aided by human activity. Humans will continue to consume the world around them until there is nothing left. Deforestation by clear cutting or forest fires directly affects the climate in that region; rainfall becomes irregular and unreliable while temperatures rise. Trees are being cut down continuously to be used for paper, fuel, and manufacturing to keep the world going at the fast pace that has been set. Soil, no longer held in place by the trees, is being washed away leaving farm land bare and useless. Then there is desertification, which is the process where the desert increases from human activity. Desertification is caused by the misuse and overuse land; overgrazing, deforestation, and poor irrigation. Deserts are increasing at alarming rates, and once the land is desert it is useless. Lastly, global warming is an increasing problem for world agriculture, which is only going to get worse with industrialization, and the demand for burning more fuel. The burning of trees and fuels release carb
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