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    Agriculture Feeds The World

    Lecture of Pengantar Ilmu Pertanian


    Faculty of Agriculture
    Universitas Gadjah Mada
    Jogjakarta, Indonesia 55281
    Feeding the World
    By 2050, the widespread
    world’s farmers will starvation caused
    need to feed about by a shortage of
    9 Billion people. food

    Major nutrients are The amount of


    in food, example energy available in
    Carbohydrate, Lipid food is known as
    and Protein CALORIES
    Food function for human being
    What source of food is
    Malnutrition produced in the greatest Food Efficiency
    amounts?
    • “ condition that occurs • Some parts of the world • “ measure of the
    when people do not do not have access to all quantity of food
    consume enough types of food. produced on a given
    calories or do not eat a area of land with limited
    sufficient variety of food inputs of energy and
    to fulfill all of the body’s resources”
    needs.” • Ideally – a crop that is
    efficiently producing
    large amounts of food
    with little negative
    impact on the
    environment
    Poverty and Subsistence Farming

    The world’s SUBSISTENCE Have tiny plots


    hungry is nearly FARMERS: that they grow But have no
    all farm workers Farmers who food for their access to water
    and SUBSISTENCE grow only enough families and hope for irrigation.
    farmers food for local use. to sell extras.
    Green Revolution

    New varieties Reduces the “Land that can


    of foods that price of food be used to
    yield higher and improved grow crops.”
    productions the lives of Only 10
    without million of percent of
    increasing the people. Earth’s
    area of land. Surface
    PESTS!

    Insects Plants /Weeds

    Fungi Microorganism
    Pesticides

    chemicals used to
    kill insects, weeds
    and other crop
    pests

    Farmers became
    reliant and
    problems began

    Pesticide problems, • Pollution


    Pesticide
    Resistance, Human
    and
    Health Concerns persistance
    Biological Pest Control

    “Use of living organisms to control pests”

    Pathogens –
    bacteria that can Chemicals from Disrupting Insect
    Plant Defenses
    kill caterpillars plants Breeding
    (butterflies/moths)
    Principle Types of Agriculture
    Traditional Industrialized
    Agriculture agriculture

    Low Input High Input

    Polyculture, grow a
    variety of crops on
    Monoculture
    each plot of land
    (interplanting)

    Human and animal


    labor used to produce
    Produce huge output
    only enough food for
    of single crops
    farming family’s
    survival
    Advantages of polyculture

    Crops mature and ready to harvest at different times

    Provides food throughout the year

    Soil constantly covered, preventing erosion

    Less need for fertilizer and water because roots are at


    different depths, using more of soil and increasing efficiency

    Creates habitats for natural predators of pest species,


    reducing need for pesticides and herbicides
    Last but not least

    Are you proud to


    be a part of Le
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    w ab e
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    ri y e
    ag
    Thank you!
    for your attention

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