Agriculture: types, CAP, GM and green revolution
- Created by: robert pyne
- Created on: 16-04-15 13:38
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- Agriculture
- Extensive
- Pastoral: Argentinian Pampas
- Arable: Canadian Prairies
- Intensive
- Arable: The fens polytunnels + Netherlands "Green Heart"
- Pastoral: Battery Hens
- Green Revolution 1940s-60s
- HYVs
- INDIA
- 30% yield increase
- 7-22% increase in HYV use
- more fertilisers, pesicides
- Dams-HEP
- INDIA
- Mechanisation
- More Fertilisers
- More Irrigation
- More Pesticides
- Pros
- Higher Crop yield
- Less mal/undernutrition
- Cheaper Food
- Cons
- Eutrophication
- Salination
- Forceful removal of people
- Rural Unemployment
- Class disparity increase
- Deforestation
- Unsust city growth
- HYVs
- GM Crops
- Pros
- High Yield
- Economic gain
- Custom Features
- Golden Rice
- Disease resistance
- High Yield
- Cons
- "Superweeds"
- "Superbugs"
- Health
- Pros
- CAP
- encourage small farms to join together
- Keep prices high
- "intervention price"
- Taxes on non EU crops
- Set aside policy
- 1990s Reform
- Subsidies reduced + spread out
- Arable: paid to not use 10% land
- Quality increase+ size decrease (cheap olive oil)
- DEFRA set up National England
- Aims of reform
- Healthy natural env
- Enjoyment of natural env
- Sustainable use of natural env
- Secure env furture
- Extensive
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