With a storable crop, like wheat, many food surpluses would accumulate. With a lot of food surpluses you can have a larger population, because with hunting and gathering, only a small population could be supported. With so many food surpluses you can develop both parts needed to have what all great civilizations had in common, a large population and advanced technology. Civilizations can develop advanced technology by having specific people who only concentrate on doing that also known as specialists. The specialists needed the food surpluses to feed them. Wheat supplied these food…
1. John Green begins by discussing one of the most obvious consequences of agriculture…what is it and what are the most immediate consequences for those societies?…
Before early humans developed agriculture, they relied on hunting and gathering for food. The development of agriculture always preceded the development of early societies. When a people leave their nomadic lifestyle and turn to a sedentary life they must rely on agriculture. As agriculture develops, so does the society in a number of ways. Agriculture sparks the development of and speed of the evolution of germs, writing, technology, and government in early societies.…
Another obvious drawback to the adoption of agriculture was the spread of disease. Clearly living in close quaters with others gave disease way to spread, but it didnt stop there. Disease was aslo able to spread through trade between neighboring groupd. Domesticated animals would aslo experience disease spread due to close quaters, and these diseases would in turn be transfuerred to humans through airborne mutations as well as the meat taken from these…
Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period of 1865-1900. in your answer, evaluate farmers’ response.…
There were many different features of the Agricultural Revolution during the eighteenth-century. All of these aspects of the Agricultural Revolution had effects both economically and socially. One of these things was crop rotation. Crop rotation led to the social effect of healthier animals and more of those animals which led to healthier people because of their improved diet. Economically crop rotation led to new crops that were ideal for feeding livestock, which made it easier to feed animals. This, in turn, made it a lot cheaper to feed animals and it allowed there to be larger herds of cattle which produced more meat, milk, animals for work, and more crops for people to buy and sell. Another feature of the Agricultural Revolution was the enclosure movement for fencing off private property which eventually led to proletarianization. Socially this made it so that the peasants no longer had access to the common land which meant that they no longer had a place to graze their livestock or farm. Economically this led to market-oriented estate agriculture where the wealthy own the land at it is worked by peasants in return for wages. A third aspect of the Agricultural Revolution was the improvement of farming techniques. Because of the population increase, an increase of farming was needed for both a needed increase in food production and employment opportunities. Socially the effects were that the English and Dutch became known for their new farming techniques and became models for other countries to base themselves after. Economically the new methods of farming resulted in more land being left open for use, better crop production and higher output of crops, and better quality livestock. A closer look at all three of these aspects of the Agricultural Revolution shows how much they had an impact both socially and economically.…
In just _____________ years, humans went from hunting and gathering to create such improbabilities as the airplane, the Internet, and the 99 cent double cheeseburger. 15,000 years ago, humans were _____________ and hunters. Foraging meant gathering fruits, nuts, and also wild grains and grasses. Hunting allowed for a protein-rich diet, so long as you could find something with meat to kill.…
When agriculture was first used, some of the hunter gatherers had no choice to use it because food was scarce. However, when they did use it, they enjoyed it, causing them to want to stay with the method. People started to build their own communities where cattle were raised and crops were grown. So much food was available that they did not have to worry about the starvation of the people. Since there weren’t a lot of jobs that needed to be completed (like hunt or gather) people lived a more peaceful life with agriculture to help supply their hunger needs. In my opinion, civilizations were created because agriculture brought people together and helped them live an easier life. Agriculture was so momentous that, I believe, human society wouldn’t be where it is today.…
I will have to agree with Jared Diamond in saying that the human race and our environment would have been better off if the Agricultural Revolution never happened. I will begin by discussing some of the positives and negatives of the new found Agricultural Revolution. Despite the few positives, this revolution has had an impact on not only the environment but our human existence. My goal is to discuss the hardship that the Agricultural Revolution has brought to us.…
Seed Drill- Invented by Jethro Tull. The seed drill was an innovation that allowed seeds to be easily planted deep into the earth instead of on top where the majority were washed away or otherwise lost. The machine was pulled by horses and consisted of rotating drills or runners that would plant seeds at a set depth.…
Engineering is a rapidly developing career field. There are many reasons why I would like to become an engineer. I am interested in SIUE’s Mechanical Engineering program. Mechanical Engineering is an exciting career field. In my youth, I was constantly designing and building an assortment of contraptions out of LEGO’s and K’NEX pieces. These objects included rollercoasters, cars, buildings, tractors, and many other machines. Growing up on a farm, I have always been interested in agriculture.…
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One of the major challenges that independent India faced was how a traditional sector like agriculture could be modernized particularly amongst a group of people who were illiterate or semi-literate tradition bound and economically backward. The need for modernization through innovation was imperative. It was this which prompted the government to initiate a number of measures intended to accomplish this.…
Agribusiness has evolved over the years since subsistence farming. The farm production has been central to the agribusiness. As the commercialization of farm production gained significance the production and supply of farm inputs, marketing of farm output including value addition (processing) and services to farm sector have expanded leading to proliferation of several independent business units. Agricultural development has been a precursor to economic development. With the growth of agriculture sector, each operation became specialized and had the potential for business. This has led to establishment of numerous firms that cater to various needs of the agribusiness sector. Thus, the gamut of agribusiness enlarged including few sub systems in its realm.…
Indian organizations have acquired a reputation for organizational and social innovation and strategies centered round new concepts of frugal innovation. It has been suggested that some of these developments reflect specific socio-economic and framework conditions peculiar to the Indian context. At the same time many Indian firms have yet to institute systems and procedures required for supporting technological, product and service innovations. The existence of formal R&D departments/divisions, offers a ritualistic fig leaf for innovation practice. The absence of organizational support and a holistic innovation strategy coupled with an integrative perspective obscures or limits the development of a proactive innovation strategy. The paradox of Indian innovation suggests that the necessity of developing and managing the abundant supply of human resources in the country is central to its conceptualization and realization. These innovations get manifested mainly in two different patterns, one of which relates to the management of human resources within organizations, and the other to the creation of social enterprises for the development of human resources outside; the latter may also take the form of CSR initiatives by corporate organizations.…