Directions: Select your research topic and create 3 subheadings in your notebook. Your job is to take notes from the internet resources provided for your topic. The subheadings should read:
'Introduction'
How is your topic related to population growth and the use of energy by humans?
'Body of Paper'
Collect as much information as possible to describe the specific problems of agriculture that your topic will address.
'Conclusion'
Make a recommendation based on your 'Body of Paper' evidence. Determine if your topic offers any solutions to solving the energy needs of humans. Include a small sketch and/or illustration of how your topic would change the way in which people obtain energy from their environment.
Your paper will be awarded project arrows based on the 'Writing Rubric for Science Papers'.
Topic 1: green revolution
Green Revolution usually refers to the transformation of agriculture that began in 1945. One significant factor came at the request of the Mexican government to establish an agricultural research station to develop more varieties of wheat that could be used to feed the rapidly growing population of the country. In 1943 Mexico imported half its wheat; in 1956, the Green Revolution had made Mexico self-sufficient; by 1964, Mexico exported half a million tons of wheat.[1] The associated transformation has continued as the result of programs of agricultural research, extension, and infrastructural development, instigated and largely funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Ford Foundation and other major agencies.[2][3] Many agronomists state that the Green Revolution has allowed food production to keep pace with worldwide population growth while others state that it caused the great population increases seen today. The Green Revolution has had major social and ecological impacts, making it a popular topic of study among sociologists.
Links
^ Why Our Food is So Dependent on Oil
^ Fuel costs, drought influence price increase
^ Rising food prices curb aid to global poor
^ The end of India's green revolution?
^ [2][dead link]
^ Food, Land, Population and the U.S. Economy
^ Peak Oil: the threat to our food security
^ Agriculture Meets Peak Oil
pest control
Links
Environmental Protection Agency
Food and Drug Administration
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
United States Dept. of Agriculture
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Department of Transportation
Environmental Health Information Service
National Institutes of Health
National Toxicology Program
organic-sustainable yield agricultural systems
Links:
Alternative Farming Information Center
ISIS Organization: Food Futures
fish farming
Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. It involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species' natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Fish species raised by fish farms include salmon, catfish, tilapia, cod, carp, trout and others.
Links:
FAO Fisheries Department and its SOFIA report on fisheries and aquaculture
Aquaculture Network Information Center (AquaNIC)
Norwegian fishfarming
Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform Coalition of environmental groups, scientists and First Nations opposed to current salmon farming practices
German Specialist in Fancy Goldfish and Fishhealth, with Forum and large Picture-Gallery
Fish farming facts from Greenpeace
NOAA Aquaculture Website
food irradiation
Links:
- Food Irradiation Processing Alliance FIPA represents the irradiation service industry, manufacturers of food irradiators and suppliers of cobalt-60 sources.
- U.S. Food Irradiation FAQ, Food and Water Watch
- Irradiation of Food and Food Packaging, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Irradiation Fact Sheet, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Facts about Food Irradiation, a series of 14 fact sheets, International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1991 (English)
- Bibliography on Food Irradiation, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food, Karlsruhe, Germany (English)
- Should we irradiate fruit and vegetables? Dateline NBC investigation
seed banks (genetic storage banks)
genetically modified foods
(see teacher)
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