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Agriculture and Human Population

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Throughout history, developments in agriculture have improved food production techniques, food quality, safety and access.

The Development of Agriculture – National Geographic  
More than 3,000 Years of Progress in Agriculture – Innovature.com   
Timeline of Canadian Agriculture – Farm Credit Canada  
History of Agriculture to the Second World War – Canadian Encyclopedia  

  1. NationalGeographic.com (April 5, 2019). “What was the Neolithic Revolution?” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/neolithic-agricultural-revolution 
  2. Rene J. Herrera & Ralph Garcia-Betrand (2018). “The Agricultural Revolutions” (Chapter 13). In Ancestral DNA, Human Origins, and Migrations, 475-509. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128041246000136 
  3. Mark Overton (1996). “Re-establishing the English Agricultural Revolution.” The Agricultural History Review 44(1): 1-20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40275062?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A035bf7be1b0dcaa9211a16b5f756601e&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents 
  4. David Palmer (2019). AMSCO Human Geography: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, Unit 5: Agriculture & Rural Land Use. 2019.  https://www.chino.k12.ca.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=45844&dataid=102998&FileName=unit_5.a.3_-_second_agricultural_revolution.pdf 
  5. Britannica (November 23, 201). “Andrew Meikle.” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Meikle
  6. John Deere (2021). “History.” https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/history/
  7. World Food Prize Foundation (2021). “Norman E. Borlaug – Extended Biography.” https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/dr_norman_e_borlaug/extended_biography/
  8. James R. Stevenson et al. (May 21, 2013). “Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA:  110(21): 8363–8368.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666715/
  9. The Nobel Prize (2021). “Norman Borlaug: Biographical.” https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1970/borlaug/biographical/
  10. The Atlantic (January 1997). “Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity.” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/01/forgotten-benefactor-of-humanity/306101/ 
  11. United Nations (2021). “Population – Our Growing Population.” https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/population
  12. Vaclav Smil (February 2004). Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
    https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/enriching-earth 
  13. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (January 11, 2021). Making Better Policies for Food Systems. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/agriculture-and-food/making-better-policies-for-food-systems_ddfba4de-en

 

Britannica (November 23, 201). “Andrew Meikle.” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Meikle

David Palmer (2019). AMSCO Human Geography: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, Unit 5: Agriculture & Rural Land Use. 2019.  https://www.chino.k12.ca.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=45844&dataid=102998&FileName=unit_5.a.3_-_second_agricultural_revolution.pdf 

James R. Stevenson et al. (May 21, 2013). “Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA:  110(21): 8363–8368.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666715/

John Deere (2021). “History.” https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/history/

Mark Overton (1996). “Re-establishing the English Agricultural Revolution.” The Agricultural History Review 44(1): 1-20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40275062?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A035bf7be1b0dcaa9211a16b5f756601e&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents 

NationalGeographic.com (April 5, 2019). “What was the Neolithic Revolution?” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/neolithic-agricultural-revolution 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (January 11, 2021). Making Better Policies for Food Systems. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/agriculture-and-food/making-better-policies-for-food-systems_ddfba4de-en

Rene J. Herrera & Ralph Garcia-Betrand (2018). “The Agricultural Revolutions” (Chapter 13). In Ancestral DNA, Human Origins, and Migrations, 475-509. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128041246000136 

The Atlantic (January 1997). “Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity.” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/01/forgotten-benefactor-of-humanity/306101/ 

The Nobel Prize (2021). “Norman Borlaug: Biographical.” https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1970/borlaug/biographical/

United Nations (2021). “Population – Our Growing Population.” https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/population

Vaclav Smil (February 2004). Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/enriching-earth 

World Food Prize Foundation (2021). “Norman E. Borlaug – Extended Biography.” https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/dr_norman_e_borlaug/extended_biography/

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