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The Impact Of Agriculture In Agriculture

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As the growth rate of the population steadily increases, a surge in consumption of commodities will additionally increase . One basic commodity that will have an escalated demand would be food. Innovation within technology has allowed the process of mass production of goods. Production of goods on a large scale allows farmers to meet the needs of the majority of consumers capitalizing on market share. In order to meet consumers forever growing needs, land must be acquired in order to generate new farms for agriculture. Although the needs of consumers are being meet, the act of mass production of agricultural is contributing to the destruction of our planet. Consumers need to be aware of the repercussions of mass production on a global scale, in order to create a sustainable outcome while still continuing to let needs be met. With contributing factors of global warming , the population needs to be informed of harmful processes through agricultural farming such as deforestation, livestock, and crop emissions.

The the population growing at alarming rates, food supply must increase. Farmers will need to seek more land in order to meet these needs. By 2050, population will increase from 7.3 billion people to 9.7 billion. With a 32.8 percent increase in population, food demand is estimated to increase from a range of 59 percent to 98 percent (Elferink & Schierhorn, 2016). With demand for food doubling in the next 32 years, farming are starting to plan on how to meet such

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