GEOGRAPH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Genetically Modified Organism, Agroforestry, Intercropping
20 Feb 2017
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A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties. It is of great potential to farmers as it provides them with disease-free planting material and develops crops that resist pests and diseases, reducing use of chemicals that harm the environment and human health. Terminator seeds: biological stuff where a crop grows from seed that cannot produce seed that will grow another crop. Some countries have banned gmos, in europe, theres a big pushback against. A form of agriculture, used especially in tropical africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored. Plant among the trees, plant crops that are beneficial to each other, work symbioticallysomething we are just now starting to get our minds around -
