Sustainable Ag week 2
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10 Terms
Agronomy
a branch of agriculture dealing with field-crop production and soil management
Grand Challenges
difficult but important problems set by various institutions or professions to encourage solutions or advocate for the application of government or philanthropic funds
Malthusian catastrophe
when a population crashes after growth outpaces increases in agricultural production
Carrying capacity
the number of organisms an environment can support sustainably
Environmental resistance
(resource scarcity, competition, predation, disease, etc.) determines the carrying capacity
earth overshoot day
when the earth uses more resources than the globe could regenerate in a year
The “Great Acceleration”
the acceleration of human activity from the start of the industrial revolution and the changes in the earth system
the green reveloution
Transfer of improved crop varieties, irrigation, synthetic fertilizer and pesticides to developing countries
Holocene
Geological epoch over past 10,000 years characterized by stable climate
Anthropopcene
current period in earths history when human activity started to have a significant impact on climate and ecosystems