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a. Farming Facts

b. Agricultural Revolutions

By: Shiela Mae Gamao Jane Racy Ybañez Vivienne Mae Eroisa

5 Interesting Farming Facts

2 1.Agriculture is the single largest employer in the world

- In fact, the food and agriculture organization of the United States reports that “there is a largely untapped reservoir of farm and non- farm employment opportunities in agriculture and beyond.

3.The average U.S. farmer

can feed 155 people

- In comparison, a farmer in

1960 fed just 26 people Farm

Flavors reports that today grow

twice as much food as his

parents did, with less land,

energy ,water and fewer

emissions.

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4. Beef farming accounts

for 29% of American

farms

- Did you know that

Americans enjoy a food

supply that is abundant,

affordable overall and

among the world’s safest?

-It is the largest category in

the county, and the most

valuable commodity (576.

billion annually).

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Agricultural and Rural Land Use 🐄🐄🐄 🐄🐄

Agricultural

Revolutions

Members: Jane Racy Ybañez Sheila Mae Gamao Vivienne Mae Eroisa

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Agriculture

Agriculture = faming + livestock

Before 12,000 BC – hunting and

gathering – no agriculture.

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Noelithic Revolution The Neolithic Revolution, also called the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small, nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization. The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world also began to practice agriculture. Civilizations and cities grew out of the innovations of the Neolithic The Neolithic Revolution, also called the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small, nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization. The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world also began to practice agriculture. Civilizations and cities grew out of the innovations of the Neolithic 13

British Agricultural Revolution

14 The Second Agricultural Revolution used the increased technology from the Industrial Revolution as a means to increase farm productivity through mechanization. This caused exponential population increase. Example: Tractor , Cotton Gin

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Disadvantages of the old

system

People have to walk over your strips to reach theirs No hedges or fences No proper drainage Field left fallow Difficult to take advantage of new farming techniques Animals can trample crops and spread disease Because land in different fields takes time to get to each field

Green Revolution

17 Green Revolution. the development of higher-yield and fast-growing crops through increased technology, pesticides, and fertilizers transferred from the developed to developing world to alleviate the problem of food supply in those regions of the globe. Genetically modified organisms.

• Norman Borlaug “Father of Green Revolution”

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Thank you for

listening,have a great

day!