Thursday, 1 October 2015

The Transformation Of Agriculture [Chapter 2]



                      

There are 3 stage of Evolution :


1) Prehistoric Era

Three System

--> Stone Age, Bronze Age & Iron Age


                                   
2) The Middle Ages

    4 keys Area

  1. Irrigation System with machines,dams & reservior-with machine.
  2. Adopted scientific approach to farming with improve farming techniques - Publish Manual.
  3. Incentive Driven approach land ownership,workers rights,rewards of harvest(wages).
  4. Introduction of new crops &plant varieties.
       -new cultivation techniques derived from research
       -Grafting

grafting

 3)Modern Agriculture

Green Revolution 
   New Varieties of plants produced through series of R&D and technology transfer initiatives.


Blue Revolution 
   Management of water resources for drinking and food security.


Genetic Engineering 
   Advance processing method & genetically modified organism (GMO) to improve yield and quality. We can see in production of  high yielding clones, fast and Frozen Food and others.




What is GMO( Genetically Modified Organisms)


  • Refer to the plants / animals created through the gene splicing techniques of biotechnology.
  • GMO's and GE foods refer to the same thing. 
  • They are food created by merging DNA from different species.


DISADVANTAGES        

  • Pest & disease free seedlings
  • Many unknown effect
  • No staggered harvest crop
  • Unpredictable health effects                                                                                                                               

blue rose applouse
chimeric mouse with pups


glo fish







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