BIOB38H3 Lecture 1: Lecture 1 NOTES
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Introduction and the origin of agriculture: pre-agricultural food, why switch to agriculture, climate change theory, hilly flanks hypothesis, feasting model, demographic theories, evolutionary/intentional theory, how. , what, where and when? (the big 20!: consequences, types of agriculture. Semester: winter 2019: desertification, extent, agriculture without replenishing som. Salinization through irrigation: cultivating crops on marginal land, cropland protection, unsustainable water use, global water budget and human appropriation, ways to improve water use efficiency (small and large scale, unsustainable fossil fuel use. 1 this is actually only one lecture, and only appears as two because of dr. stehlik"s notation. This page is currently empty in order to facilitate the future enlargement of the table of contents above. It should be noted that lecture 1 began with an overview of introductory lecture material, which is all provided on the syllabus and is not included here. These notes begin on slide 15, with the importance of agriculture.
