Present and future Challenges in Agriculture
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Present and future Challenges in Agriculture
- 1. Present and Future Challenges in Agriculture Agricultural Biotechnology: Building a Sustainable Future Adapted from Kevin Curry Doctoral Candidate North Carolina State University
- 2. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Energy resources • Water resources • Land resources • Climate change • Alternate uses for agriculture • Growing human population
- 3. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Energy resources • Water resources • Land resources • Climate change • Alternate uses for agriculture • Growing human population
- 4. • Current farming methods use equipment that consume unsustainable resources from fossil fuels • Renewable sources of energy will be needed to maintain agricultural practices Energy Resources http://www.successfulworkplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tractor.jpghttp://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/oil-well-art-d0e8499fbec07478.jpg
- 5. • Wind power • Hydropower • Solar energy Renewable forms of energy https://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/solar-and-wind-energy.jpghttp://www.sea-technology.com/e-news/0814/Hydro_L.jpg
- 8. • Wind power • Hydropower • Solar energy • Biofuels Renewable forms of energy http://b1969d.medialib.glogster.com/media/9750babda8bc3be368a5317c0eaa55cecc423a5d495ba54b870af99eafce9296/biofuels-diagram.jpg
- 11. • NC vs Kansas Google Earth Exercise ID the phenomenon you see, and list a reason for what is causing it
- 13. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Energy resources • Water resources • Land resources • Climate change • Alternate uses for agriculture • Growing human population
- 14. • Agriculture has a great demand on water. • Rain-fed agriculture is limited and irrigated water needs to be used. Water http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y3918e/y3918e18.jpg
- 15. Industry, 20% Agriculture, 70% Domestic, 10% IRRIGATED WATER Water
- 16. • Improve watering practices to minimize waste – Precision agriculture using drones • Improve water usage by plants using biotechnology – Research Solutions to improve water use efficiency http://www.usnews.com/cmsmedia/e3/58/2862a181486f8bb4fb23a25d0220/140911-drones-editorial.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0jc86gtPM
- 17. • Drought tolerant corn Limited water supply http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2013/09/5-aquamax-600x401.jpg
- 18. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Energy resources • Water resources • Land resources • Climate change • Alternate uses for agriculture • Growing human population
- 19. • Land is a non-renewable resource • Quality issues with monoculture practices • Agricultural land is now being converted into urban communities. • How can Ag Biotech help this situation? Land https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/New_york_times_square-terabass.jpghttp://knowledge.agriculturemachinerybusiness.com/uploadfile/2015/0518/20150518022155734.jpg
- 20. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Energy resources • Water resources • Land resources • Climate change • Alternate uses for agriculture • Growing human population
- 21. • Change in temperature can significantly affect crop yield Climate Change
- 22. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Energy resources • Water resources • Land resources • Climate change • Alternate uses for agriculture • Growing human population
- 23. • Biofuels • Traditional Pharming • Pharming quickly in plants Alternate uses for agriculture http://www.marsdd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/marsblog-plantform-ebola.jpg
- 24. • Biofuels • Traditional Pharming • Pharming quickly in plants • Pharming to make edible vaccines Alternate uses for agriculture http://www.soymeds.net/webgfx/soy-meds-process.jpg
- 25. Alternate uses for agriculture
- 26. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Energy resources • Water resources • Land resources • Climate change • Alternate uses for agriculture • Growing human population
- 31. Present and future challenges in agriculture • Sustainable resources are needed for energy and water in agriculture. • Agriculture biotechnology may help improve several of these problems facing agriculture. • Education doesn’t solve all of our problems
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Here is a list of just a few challenges in agriculture. Please keep in mind this list is not complete.
- Energy is used by agriculture in several forms from the gas used to power the farmers equipment all the way to the electricity required for packing the final product. There is also energy required to get the product to the stores and consumers picking it up. Coal is a limited resource and alternative forms of energy are needed, preferably from a renewable source. So what are these renewable resources? Here is a link regarding energy resources with a quiz. http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/smart-energy-solutions/decrease-coal/where-does-our-electricity.html#.Vbl-Z_lViko
- Renewable forms of energy include wind power in the form of windmills, hydropower as in the energy store in damns and solar energy from the sun collected using solar panels. A newer trend are solar farms which are starting to pop up in cities across the US.
- Another form of renewable energy is from biofuels. Plant material can be processed and the resulting cellulose from the sugars can be broken down into sugar molecules. Addition of various microbes can ferment the sugar into ethanol producing the biofuel which can be just for planes, trains and automobiles. These forms of transportation then produce carbon dioxide which can be used by the plants completing the circle.
- Agriculture has a high demand for water and only certain area of land are suitable for rain-fed agriculture. The major of land requires irrigated water for agriculture as shown on the figure on the left. The figure on the right shows the cereal production of irrigated vs rainfed crops. It is clear that irrigated crop have a higher yield than is rainfed counterpart.
- This is a pie chart of the percentage of irrigate water use. Agriculture is by far the largest portion of the pie, consuming the majority of irrigated water consumption. The agriculture use can vary up to 90% depending on the reference.
- Here is a short video about the agricultural drones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0jc86gtPM
- Please note this is not an advertisement and is simply meant as an example. AQUAmax is a drought tolerant corn made by Dupont Pioneer. https://www.pioneer.com/home/site/us/products/corn/seed-traits-technologies-corn/optimum-aquamax-hybrids/
- One example of how this was used is during the ebola outbreak. Tobaccco plants were transformed with the ebola vaccine. The vaccine was isolated from the plant and given to the patients. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-tobacco-could-help-fight-ebola/