MEETING HUMAN NEEDSIN A CHANGING WORLD

BY MR. HENDERSONAGRISCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY TEXTCHAPTER 1

NEEDS OF PEOPLE

• FOOD - Nutrition• FIBER - Health• SHELTER - Protect the body from

the dangers in the environment

SOURCES OF FOOD

• Plants - vegetables, fruits, nuts• Animals -

beef,pork,lamb,poultry,etc.

TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

• ANIMALS THAT GROW ON LAND• EXAMPLES ARE CHICKENS, HOGS,

SHEEP, AND CATTLE

AQUATIC ANIMALS

• ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE WATER• EXAMPLES ARE FISH, SHRIMP, AND

CLAMS

FIBER

• MATERIALS USED TO MAKE CLOTHING AND FABRIC PRODUCTS FOR THE HOME

• COMMON ANIMAL FIBERS ARE WOOL, FUR, SILK

• COMMON PLANT FIBERS ARE COTTON, LINEN,, TWINE

FORESTRY

• EXAMPLES OF FORESTRY PRODUCTS ARE :

• LUMBER• PLYWOOD• VENEER• COMPOSITION BOARD• PAPER

DOMESTICATION

• REFERS TO HUMANS BRINGING PLANTS AND ANIMALS TO BE NEAR THEM AND THEN PROVIDING FOR THEIR PROTECTION AND GROWTH

• THE MAIN BENEFIT IS THAT IT INCREASED THE FOOD SUPPLY

INVENTIONS / IMPROVEMENTS• CROP ROTATION• SEED PLANTING MACHINES• COTTON GIN• HARVESTING MACHINES• GENETIC ENGINEERING• HYBRID SEED• PESTICIDES

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

• INCLUDES ALL OF THE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN GETTING FOOD, FIBER, AND SHELTER TO THE CONSUMER

• CONSIST OF THREE MAIN DIVISIONS:• SUPPLIES/SERVICE• PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE• MARKETING/PROCESSING

SUPPLIES /SERVICE• MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT• SEED• CHEMICALS• FEED AND ANIMAL MEDICINES

PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURE• GRAIN FARMERS - CORN, RICE,

WHEAT• FIBER FARMERS - COTTON, FLAX• SPECIALIZED FOOD PRODUCTION -

VEGETABLES, FRUIT, BERRIES, NUTS

• TREE FARMERS - TIMBER/ORNAMENTALS

PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURE• LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS - CATTLE,

SHEEP, HOGS, POULTRY, HORSES• AQUATIC ANIMALS - CATFISH,

CRAWFISH, SHRIMP• SPECIALIZED ANIMALS - FOX,

LLAMA, BUFFALO, ETC.

MARKETINGPROCESSING• HARVESTING• PACKING• PROCESSED-CANNED OR FROZEN• TRUCKED TO THE SUPERMARKET

DIVISIONS OF AGRICULTURE THAT MAKE LIFE BETTER• ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE• RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES• RECREATION

ORNAMENTALHORTICULTURE• GROWING OF FLOWERS• GROWING OF SHRUBS• LAWNS

RENEWABLE NATURALRESOURCES• SOIL-PROTECT FROM EROSION• WATER-PROTECT FROM

POLLUTION• AIR-PROTECT FROM POLLUTION• WILDLIFE-HUNTING/FISHING

RECREATION

• HIKING• FISHING• HUNTING• RIDING HORSES• RODEOING• ZOOS

FACTORS THAT DETERMINECONSUMER PREFERENCE• CLIMATE - TYPE OF WEATHER• CUSTOMS - TYPE OF FOOD PEOPLE

EAT• STANDARD OF LIVING - INCOME OF

THE PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THEM

CONTRASTS BETWEEN NATIONS IN AGRICULTURE• MECHANIZATION- TRACTORS,EQUIP.• IMPROVED CROPS - HIGHER YIELDS• COMMERCE - TRANSPORTATION,

STORAGE FACILITIES, METHODS OF BUYING AND SELLING PRODUCTS

• EDUCATION OF PEOPLE - VARY• SOIL AND CLIMATE - POOR SOIL EX.