Can we Create the Perfect Farm

How long ago did humans begin to farm?

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• • More than 50,000 years ago

  
  

• About 10,000 years ago

  
  

• About 800 years ago

  
  

• • Less than 3,000 years ago

  
  

True or false? Approximately 60% of the terrestrial planet is dedicated to farmland.

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• True

• False

The first agricultural revolution (the "Green Revolution') fed people at the expense of f_____, wi____, and w_____.

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(a)  

Can humans keep expanding agricultural land?

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• Yes, they can keep expanding and farms will be productive.

• • No, it will damage the environment needed for farming.

What are the problems with conventional (typical) farming methods?

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• • Clearing large areas of land

  
  

• • It protects Wildlife

  
  

• • Emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases.

  
  

• • Planting only 1 crop (monocrop)

  
  

Data gathered by hundreds of sensors on nutrients and water levels is used to determine the exact amounts of w______ and fertilizers the p_____ need.

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(a)  

What characteristics of future farms is most accessible by poorer countries and practiced today? (Choose all that apply)

• • Low-cost agricultural practices

  
  

• • Use of high-tech interventions such as drones and sensors

  
  

• • Intertwined farmland and natural habitats

  
  

• Tractors

By integrating farmland with tropical habitat, Costa Rican farmers have accomplished what?

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• • They have doubled their country's forest cover

  
  

• • Provided food and habitat for wildlife

  
  

• • Natural pollination and pest control by birds and insects.

  
  

• • Produce food while restoring the planet.

  
  

Select all that are true of food staples.

• They are eaten regularly

• They are often inexpensive to grow.

• They are often difficult to grow and therefore expensive.

• Rice

  wheat

  maize

  potatoes

  legumes

  are all examples

Traditional rice farming practices use a lot of w_______ and produce m_______ gas which contributes to global warming.

(a)