Chapter 8: Conventional & Sustainable Agriculture
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.