Crop yield

In the text “Agriculture in World History”, Mark B. Tauger discusses his idea of dual subordination. Tauger states that “Farmers supported civilization by producing crops and livestock, work which placed farmers in continual interaction with the natural environment”. (Tauger 1) The concept of dual subordination is the relationship between nature and farmers, where the natural world and agriculture can only function by subordinating nature. This is an interesting concept to grasp because the…

According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Application, “Farmers who plant GMOs are saving time, money, and also reducing their environmental footprint.” “It is simply true that biotechnology has dramatically increased crop yields. It has dramatically decreased loss due to pests and disease, and it allows us to feed more people without converting tropical forests or fragile lands in order to do so,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry…

Comparative analysis of oil seed crop The comparative analysis from the LCA of sunflower, soybean, and canola per impact category are shown in Table 2. According to the results reported in the table 2, soybean was the oil seed with the the best environmental profile regardless the impact category. In contrast, sunflower was the oil seed crop with worst environmental results in almost all the categories. Environmental results were same pattern for the three crops, but sunflower has a higher…

higher than the shelf-price. Through all the pesticides, herbicides, additives, antibiotics and genetic modification, the price for health care will dramatically increase in the future. But in fact, organic farming would boost yields in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the yield increases from converting to organic farming are highest and most consistent in exactly those poor, dry and remote areas where the biggest part of the hungry population lives. Organic farming could play a big role in…

After the discovery of DNA by the Austrian monk, Gergel Mendel, crossbreeding between the same organisms has been practiced for a long period. The long duration that crossbreeding takes to get the favorable trait encourages scientists to discover a new, and faster method of introducing DNA to an organism. Scientists use the technique called genetic engineering which helps in transferring genes to the targeted organism to get the advantageous characteristics. Genetically modified foods are foods…

the world. Due to the heavy reliance on petroleum-based oil in the United States, the conversion from petroleum-based economies to bioenergy sustained economies is of utmost importance. In the United States, corn is considered to be a cheap energy crop and is widely cultivated for ethanol production. In contrast to corn, switchgrass is an easily cultivated plant that can be used for lignocellulosic biomass and ethanol production. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a warm-season perennial grass…

called genetic engineering or genetic modification, is the process of removing a desired characteristic gene from a plant and transferring it to another plant through biotechnology (Study.com, n.d.). This technique has emerged and is still in use due to crop improvement, human nutrition, plants as Bio factories and basic studies. Genetic engineering involves the transfer of genes from the same species and across species to produce improved or new organisms. Humans have used selective breeding or…

be the key to cutting down on the world's starving people and helping keep up with the growing population. Through the yield vertical farms produce and the size of the population on the planet, could be the solution to the starving population. Vertical farms could be a solution due to the yield that they produce. Through source c we see “Vertical farms have extremely high yields”(source C) and “Very high Artificial stability”(source C). This could be…

tolerance (Aldridge). Most American farmers prefer their crops to be genetically modified or engineered for herbicide tolerance because they would be using less energy by not spraying harmful chemicals into the air that kill off beneficial insects. There are three simple arguments to why GMO’s are helpful to our rapidly growing society: Farmers yields are better, they helps farmers use less energy and chemicals, and they are USDA approved. Farmers yields are better The world is growing at a…

company, this deal allowed for increased yield, training of staff / labor, increased public appeal through touring of the base of operations and in 2016 granted Atlas point an officially recognized farm with organically grown produce this certification our market of sale locally by 24.6% in our last quarterly profit margins, thus Atlas point hydroponics farm has come alone…