Pesticides in agriculture (and in general)Notes on current trends and patterns in agriculture and on the "Green Revolution" follow. To help you find what you are looking for within this topic, notes are organized according to the outline below. When you have finished with a section, just click on ">>" to move to the following section in the notes, on "<<" to move to the preceding section, or on the box labeled "CONTENTS" to move back to the master directory for this home page. (Click on "Navigation" for more information on how to move about within and among these documents.)
You can also click on study guide to use the study guide covering agricultural issues and for additional references on this topic.
Additional pages in this unit on agricultural issues cover the following "clickable" topics:
Pesticides in agriculture (and in general)
Land degradation related to agriculture
(including grazing of livestock and issues related to irrigation)
Prospects for sustainable agriculture
Agricultural statistics for the Pacific Northwest in 1990 are available at the OSU library's government information site. (Click to jump there if you'd like; return to here using the "Back" key on your browser.)
Information on research in sustainable agriculture is available at the Home Page for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, based at Iowa State University. (Just click on Leopold to jump there now, if you wish.)
TOPIC OUTLINE:
I. Introduction
II. The "Green Revolution"
A. History
B. Trends in acreage and yields
III. Brief look at resource limitations
A. Water (more details to come in notes on land degradation pages)
B. Land (more details to come in notes on land degradation pages)
IV. Fossil fuels and agriculture
A. Fertilizers
V. Some problems with Green Revolution style agriculture
A. Human population (ethics...)
B. Diminished crop diversity
C. Fertilizers
2. Consequences for organic matter in soils
