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apes unit 3 Flashcards

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vitamin A deficiency

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in developing countires, children don’t get enough. lead to infectious diseases n go blind, die a year later usually
green vegetable, mango, yellow sweet potatoes-expensive

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fixing vit A deficiency

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genetic engineer rice to contain beta carotene. substance that the body converts to vit A; cheap way of getting it w/o buying expensive stuff

many critics, some say it might not work out of laboratory

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food production

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produce more than enough for everyone but some rnt getting enough food

1/6 ppl is malnurish in developing

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poverty causes

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hunger/malnutrition

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food security

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every person in area has daily access to enough nutritious food to live healthly. developing countries gov cant provide national food security. therefor, rich countries/organizations have to help

fsecurity depends on reducing harmful envir effects of agri or else poverty will get worse

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food to b healthy

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need large amt of macronutrients (macromolescules) n smaller amt of micronutrients w/ vitamins/minerals

poor ppl mainly eat high carbs n low protein vegetarian diets

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chronic undernutrition/hunger

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ppl who cannot have access to enough food to meet basic needs. children suffer from retardation n stunted growth n die of easily preventive diseases

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8
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deficiency

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1/3 ppl
vit A
iron
iodine

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9
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deficiency in iron

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causes anmesia, fatigue, liable to infection, increase risk of dying during childbirthmostly women/children.

fixed by golden rice

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iodine deficiency

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for thyroid gland-control metabolism. stunted growth, retardation, goiter-swollen/deafness

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famine

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ppl eat seed stored to grow future crops n kill breeding livestock. mass imigration, refugee camps.

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overnutrition

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food intake exceeds energy uses. fat. less than undernutritious

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food production system

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cropland
pastures-meat
aquaculture

biodiveristy threatened by clearing forest for plantation

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big three feeds the world

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wheat,rice, corn

most can’t afford meat, dairy.

seafood is a small amount

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industrialized agriculture

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produce most of food supply, uses alot of fossil fuel, water, fertilizer for crop/livestock

agri is most envir harmful industry

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monoculture

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single crops

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plantation agriculture

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type of industrializard agri used in tropical
cash crops
monoculture
decrease biodiverse

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USA: agribusiness

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indus farming. corporation that makes/distribute food. increasing in yield, decrease in labor. ppl spend less income in USA spent on food.
crops provide more energy than used to grow them but processing n other makes it cost more energy

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traditional agri

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developing
subsistence
intensive
low input
variety on one plot of land
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interplanting

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diff crops on same plot
reduce chance of losing due to pest

  • polyvarietal
  • intercropping
  • agroforestry (cropsnstree)
  • polyculture
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polyculture

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(diff plants togetlher) food thorughout yr. no pesticides

no erosion. natural predators low input, higher yield than monoculture

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soil erosion

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lowers fertility, overload water w/ sediment (water pollution). topsoil needed for food. wind/water. topsoil: renewable but when erodes: nonrenewable

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sheet erosion

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surface water/wind peel off thin sheets of soil. long time for perm damage

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rill erosion

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fast flowing small stream/channel in soil

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gully erosion

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wider than rill erosion rivulets. steep slopes, vegetation removed

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desertification

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productive potential of dryland falls bc drought n topsoil degredation. if severe: desert forms.

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desertification causes

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overgasing
deforestation
erosion
salinization
soil compaction
natural
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desertification

result

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more drought
famine
economic loose
envir refugee

29
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salinization

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repeated irrigaton reduce yield by causing salt buildup n waterlog plant

30
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salinization prevention

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reduce irrigation

switch to salt-tolerant crops

31
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salinization cleanup

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flush soil (expensive)
stop growing crops for 2-5 yrs
instal underground drainage system

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waterlogging

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large amt of water to push salt deeper into soil. accumlates undergound n raise water table. saline water develope nkills root

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soil conservation

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eliminate tilling, breaking up soil, keeping soil covered in vegetation

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conservation tillage farming

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special tillers, least distrubing

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other soil conservation

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terracing
contour planting
strip cropping
windbreaks

keep soil covered by leaving crop residues on land

36
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strip cropping

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row crop n covers the soil

traps eroding soil catches runoff

37
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agroforestry

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crop planted btw tree

38
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windbreaks

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trees around crop fields to reduce wind erosion

39
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to restore top soil

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organic fertilizer or inorganic

40
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organic fertilizer

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animal manure
green manure
compost

41
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inorgani

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nitrogen, phosphorus

potassium

42
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green revolution

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more farming alnd/yield. increase of food per unit. waterm fertilizer, pesticides

  1. monoculture-genetic
  2. produce large yield w/ large input
  3. increase number of crops grown per plot
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2nd green revolution

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fast growing wheat
but hindered by lack of water, n other limits, cost n more fertilizer n stuff wont increase yield. grain production is decreasing n getting more land wont help

44
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natural capital degration

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biodiveristy losssoil
water
air oillution
human health

45
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third green revolution

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genetic engineering

46
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winged bean

quinoa

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fast growing
protein rich
reduce malnutrition n envir effect
little fertilizer

47
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animal feedlot

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higher progit. reduce overgazing/erosion, protect biodiverity

needs large input
waste
antibiotic

48
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aquaculture

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raising fish instead of hunting/gathering, fastest growing type of food protection. large land n waste, dense. little fuel

  • fish farming (controlled envir)
  • fish ranching (captive first then release then captured
49
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gov influence food production

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control prices
provide subsitdies
letm arketplace decide

50
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pesticides

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1st generation: natral from plants. nicotine sulfatem pyrethrum, rotenum

2nd: chemistryddt

modern synthetic: safe if used properly

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