For example, In 1970- a farmer could provide enough for 2 people In 1935- a farmer could provide enough for 10 people In 1992- a farmer could provide enough for 127 people In 1998- a farmer could provide enough for over 130 people This shows a growth in efficiency. But now only 2% of the population in the United States are farmers, meaning that only 2% of our population produces for the whole nation. ...
History of Rainforest Deforestation The following figures show the historical dateline of deforestation around the world 50,000 years ago - Aborigines began periodic burning directly altering natural forests Over 23,000 years ago - 200,000km/sq converted to treeless plains 10,000 BC - Intensified cropping led to permanent villages in North America 8,000 years ago - 70% of land in India was forest, the figure now stands at around 8% 8,000 - 3,000 BC - Successive burning cleared the British Isles 3,000 BC - People and livestock increased to the extent that forests became perman...
., I Rigoberta Mench , An Indian Woman in Guatemala, Verso, 1984 (edit by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray) I, Rigoberta Mench is the biographical account of the winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Mench of Guatemala. ... As more land was claimed by the fincas, the area workable by the Indian population declined dramatically. Along with this loss of territory came increasing population densities as displaced families sought new land to farm. ...
There were three main reasons for this decrease: a growing population; an agricultural system which was designed to supply funds for industrially development; and restricted rural-urban migration. Between 1952 and 1957, China's total agricultural output value increased at an average annual rate of 4.6 percent, while its population grew at an annual rate of 2.4 percent. ... During the next twenty years the agricultural growth rate stood at 2.1 percent, slightly higher than the population growth rate of 1.9 percent (DesForges, 99). China's agricultural growth rate could not keep u...
In an agrarian economy like India where there is both scarcity and an unequal distribution of land, coupled with a large mass of rural population reeling with abject poverty, there is a compelling political and economic argument for land reforms. ... In a land scarce country with a sizable section of rural population surviving below poverty line , the case for ensuring that everyone has access to a minimum amount of land seems compelling. ... Gujarat restored the tenants evicted btw 1957 to 1992 .Karnataka provided fixity of tenure subject to landlord's right to resumed half of the lease...
The removal of one pest would mean the declining or over population of other organisms in the ecosystem. ... Losses without this technology could soar to 60 to 80 percent (Chambers, 1992). ... We need them to control the insect population and our crops but they are also not always safe. ...
Though its population is high in proportion to its area, Kenya is counted among Africa countries whose food production has kept pace with its population growth. ... When this system was abandoned in July 1989 and control over the production and marketing of coffee taken away from the Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK) in October 1992, Kenya greatly increased coffee sales. ... This labour was expected to be provided by the indigenous population. ... The participation of the African population in commercial agriculture has also increased significantly. ...
