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Excessive excess in agricultural areas/Dr. Assaf Rosenthal

Dr. Assaf Rosenthal

In the upper map are pastures. In the lower map are agricultural areas

The National Geographic channel publishes the results of a survey/research on the human use of land, used for agriculture and grazing which are actually the main sources of food supply for the world's population.
The map above shows how the world's agricultural (and pasture) area covers about 40% of all usable land. The map was designed by a research team from the University of Wisconsin by combining satellite images and data from countries around the world and was presented at the "American Geophysical Union" conference
According to the map, an area the size of South America is used for agricultural crops and a larger area is used as pasture for sheep and cattle. Since the world's population is increasing, the question arises: how can the population's needs be met and food produced without harming the environment? Without deforestation? Without causing weathering to the soil? Unpolluted water sources?
When comparing the use of land in the past, it turns out that in the 17th century, only 7% of the land was in use, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: between 1992 and 2002, agricultural land expanded by 13% each year, with the most notable increase in recent years being God. Soybean is grown more and more in the USA as a source of food but also as a possible source of alternative fuel, soy is an important food ingredient in China and the rapid increase in its population causes the spread of soybean acreage to areas "foreign" to this cultivation, with the greatest spread being seen in Brazil, where forest areas the size of The State of Israel for the purpose of farm development. In the state of "Meto Grosse" in Brazil, forests were created in 72% of the total area of ​​the country for farms to grow soybeans and pasture cattle, which means that the increase in agricultural areas comes at the expense of old-growth forests and the negative impact on our environment following the destruction of forests is well known and recognized.
The result of what is described is that countries where there are fewer areas suitable for agriculture will be affected (a situation - obvious - that already exists today), the survey team located 16 such areas, in which - taking into account the projections of population growth in the next 45 years - there will be a lack of agricultural areas for growing food. The problem areas are North Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Since the areas of forced agriculture are mainly in South America, again areas that today are covered with forests, the danger to the forests and the environment is clear, unless the "developers" of sorts engage in the development of methods to increase the production from the existing areas will be increased with existing, known and applicable methods.
Above all, everyone knows that in Europe and the USA quantities of food are produced far beyond the capacity for use and marketing and farmers are subsidized to destroy crops, a proper distribution of resources/crops among the world's inhabitants will prevent overexploitation of our environment.

A compilation of Dr. Assaf Rosenthal's articles on the Hidan site

Dr. Assaf Rosenthal is a tour guide in Africa and South America
For details Tel. 0505640309
assaf@eilatcity.co.il

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