Chapter 13 Reading Guideline, 15th Edition:

Food, Soil Conservation, and Pest Management

 

Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the term.

 

Core Case Study:

1) Golden Rice and Biotechnology: Why was it created?

2) Do you Agree/Disagree with the creation of Golden Rice? Explain.

 

13.1 Food Security (Note: Pics are Disturbing L )

3) Food security

4) Undernutrition

5) Malnutrition

6) Too Little Iron

7) Too Little Iodine

8) Famine

9) Reducing Childhood Deaths from Hunger

10) Overnutrition

 

13.2 Food Production

11) The Big 3

12) Industrialized/High Input Agriculture

13) Plantation Agriculture

14) Feedlots

15) Agribusiness

16) Traditional subsistence agriculture

17) Interplanting and 4 types

 

13.3 Soil Erosion and Degradation

18) Soil erosion

19) Sheet erosion

20) Desertification: Moderate vs Severe vs Very Severe

21) Figure 13-12: Causes and Consequences of Desertification

22) Salinization and Waterlogging

23) Prevention of Soil Salinization, Clean Up

 

13.4 Sustainable Agriculture

24) Soil Conservation and Conservation-Tillage Farming

25) Terracing, Contour Farming, Strip Cropping, Windbreaks

26) Organic vs Inorganic Fertilizers

27) Green Revolution

28) Problems w/ Green Revolution

29) Figure 13-18

 

 

Chapter 13 Reading Guideline, Part Two: 15th Edition

 

Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the term.

 

13.5 The Gene Revolution

30) Gene Revolution

31) Why is it used?

32) Cons of Genetic Engineering

33) Patents over Seeds?

34) Figure 13-19

 

13.6 Producing More Meat

1) Figure 13-21.

2) Keep or Get Rid of Feedlots? Why/why not?

 

13.7 Catching and Raising More Shellfish

3) Fisheries

4) Aquaculture

5) Fish ranching

6) Pros and Cons of Aquaculture

7) 3 main approached to influence food production

8) Steps Toward More Sustainable Food Production

 

13.8 Protecting Food Resources

9) Pesticides

10) 1st generation vs 2nd generation pesticides

11) Pest

12) Figure 13-28: Pros and Cons of Pesticides

13) Rachel Carson

14) FIFRA

15) Food Quality Protection Act

16) Reducing Exposure to Pesticides

17) How to Control Pest, Besides Using Pesticides

18) IPM

 

 

 

 

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