PPT-The Agricultural Revolution

Britain needed more food Farms were still run on the medieval strip system new ideas and machinery were being developed Disadvantages of the old system Field left fallow People have to walk over your strips to reach theirs. AGRICULTURAL . REVOLUTION IN ATTAINING CONTINUOUS RELEVANCE. LANDMARK . UNIVERSITY ,OMU ARAN, KWARA STATE. .. Being Paper Presented during the 2014 Faculty Advance . Programme. for all Faculty/Staff of Landmark University, . Presented by Lynsey Such. Agriculture Historically . Hunter-Gatherer- hunting and gathering was the only mode of subsistence for 99% of human history.. Over 200 years ago. Today. Population Growth. World Growth Rate- 1.2%. Mr. Regan. Other Agricultural Revolutions. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution (10,000 B.C. – 3, 000 B.C.). . Other Agricultural Revolutions. The Agricultural Revolution of the Middle Ages. Two field system to a three field system (1/3 of the land remains fallow each year). Essential Question. What was so revolutionary about the Agricultural Revolution?. Learning Outcomes - Students will:. Preview – What is a Revolution?. Learn about farmer . Newmarch. Try to help out farmer . Agrarian. – type of society or culture based around farming and raising livestock.. Neolithic Era . – means “new stone age”; refers to period when humans came to live in agricultural communities.. Amanda . Zarder. Background Info. Before the Revolution…. Food Shortages. At the end of the seventeenth century, approximately eighty percent of individuals depended on agriculture as their livelihoods. This percentage was even higher in Eastern Europe.. http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg. Farming:. The Biggest Mistake???. Food production = Hard Work!. It often led to:. poorer health. shorter lifespan. harder labor for the majority of people . And How Imitation . is . T. he . Greatest Form of Flattery. The Industrial Revolution was a significant turning point in world history. During the Industrial Revolution, machines were used to manufacture goods. vegetative planting, . in which new plants were produced from existing plants, such as cutting stems and dividing roots.. Carl Sauer. People first learned to farm by deliberately . dividing and transplanting plants . . Lesson 1 . The Industrial Revolution Begins . Learning Objectives. Describe how changes in agriculture helped spark the Industrial Revolution.. Analyze why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain.. http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg. Food Production:. The Biggest Mistake???. Food production = Hard Work!. It often led to:. poorer health. shorter lifespan. harder labor for the majority of people . Importance of Agriculture. Everyone . dependent on food. Agriculture . occupies more land area than any other . economic . activity. Agriculture . employs 45% - almost half of world’s labor (in Africa and Asia over 50% are farmers). Student will be able to…. Discuss the 3. rd. Agricultural Revolution, Green Revolution, and Agribusiness . 3. rd. Agricultural Revolution. Commercial agriculture: “Crops and livestock that are farmed for cash and are considered commodities, intended to be exchanged for payment; more likely to focus on one or two items in order to gain a maximum return on investment” (Malinowski & Kaplan, 2014, p. G-1). . Nutrition. Prabhu. . Pingali. Professor of Applied Economics. & Director, Tata-Cornell Initiative for Agriculture & Nutrition, Cornell University. David . Sahn. International Professor of Economics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences & Department of Economics,.