Learning Outcomes

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

• Understand the major drivers of food insecurity, and the role of women in food and nutritional security
• Describe the components of soils
• Discuss how land use affects global ecosystem conditions
• Identify environmental effects of pesticides
• Identify benefits and risks of genetic engineering
• Recognize the relationship between exposure to POPs and human health
• Explain alternative practices in farming and soil management

Chapter Outline

• 8.1 Food Security
• 8.2 Soil Profiles and Processes
• 8.3 Soil-Plant Relations
• 8.4 Conventional Agriculture
• 8.5 Pests and Pesticides
• 8.6 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
• 8.7 Sustainable Agriculture
• 8.8 Chapter Resources

Attribution

Essentials of Environmental Science by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified from the original.