Human+Impact+of+Agriculture+and+Farming

Human Impact of Agriculture and Farming. Agriculture is a human activity that has major consequences for the environment. We need to grow food but modern farming methods can be particularly damaging to land, soil and water resources.
 * Introduction

‍‍Farming began about 10 000 years ago in the Middle East and parts of Asia ‍‍People started to settle along the river valleys and began to grow crops and raise animals.
 * History

‍The major problem with farming is that it involves clearing away the natural bush and trees to grow shallow rooted plants such as crops. These crops may not be suited to the area and climate. There are two problems with clearing the land and planting crops. ‍
 * Farming and water

Humans are damaging the enviroment by clearing out the land to use modern planting methods and plant leaves and fertiles. By doing this it is hurting the enviroment and can cause a lot of problems for the enviroment.
 * The cause to the enviroment

Aproxamitly 800 million people all around the world are using very risky modern farming methods that can damage the environment in many ways like killing plants breaking land and damaging trees and more parts of the envronment.
 * Facts

You can prevent more environmental damage by using old modern farming methods and planting using items like fertilizer.This can prevent a lot of environmental damage... .. By Manuel, Mebin and Todd 
 * How to prevent environmental damage
 * The crops that are grown to feed people and animals.
 * Agriculture is a worldwide spread human activity towards the environment.
 * Northern parts of Asia are the most common agricultural centres to harvest crops.
 * The Aboriginal people and Torres Strait islanders have ancient beliefs and laws that they have followed since the first Aboriginal started agriculture.
 * The Northern Asians always start along the river valley, where they harvest rice during their time of being agricultarists.
 * Agricultariasts play a big part in the art of agriclture.
 * The main crops grown are rice, wheat and maize- corn. They are mainly fed to cattle and humans.
 * One of the environmental threats of agriculture is the clearing of farm fauna.
 * Another environmenal threat towards agriculture is the plants are able to extract water from deep below the ground and also beneath the surface of the soil and shortage of water can make the plants die.
 * Droughts are another cause of agricultural threats and is a major upset to farmers and agricultuarsts.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Crops need a lot of water and fertiliser than a natural bush which is not grown on farms.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The rivers irrigate the crops growing nearby.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Animals are used to cloth people.

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About 70% of water and minerals are used to farm crops, feed crops and use pestasite to kill bugs. **Agriculture** is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber and other products used to sustain life.Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food, surplusesthat nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture generally speaking refers to human activities, although it is also observed in certain  species of ant and termite.