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This image is from the movie Wall-e. I believe that Pixar had the right interpretation of the earth if humans dont change their ways. A Barren wasteland with no water and piles of trash.

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Cinnamon is an important plant when it comes to medicine. It can be processed to make sennocides A and B. Doing that makes cinnamon into a very good laxative for any tummy problem.

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This web page gives a good description of the third agricultural revolution.  The statistics really show how far wev'e come as a society. But a the same time it really shows how in reality, our actions can have negative consequences.

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According to a United Nations report, supporting smallholder farmers could lift one billion people out of poverty.

Smallholder farmers provide over 80% of food consumed in the largest parts of the developing world and contribute to food security and poverty reduction. They also produce jobs; currently 2.5 billion people are full or part time smallholder farmers.

1.4 billion people are living under $1.25 a day in rural areas, and they are dependent on agriculture as their main means to a livelihood and food.

The world needs another agricultural revolution. Every 10% increase in farms yields a seven percent reduction in poverty in Africa and in Asia a five percent reduction.

Right now the breaking down of prime farming land, little investment in the cause, and the sidelining of small farms in developmental policies are what is holding the agricultural economy back from a new revolution.

"Two decades of underinvestment in agriculture, growing competition for land and water, rising fuel and fertilizer prices, and climate change have left smallholders less able to escape poverty," said Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) Executive Director.

A third agricultural revolution, following the British Agricultural Revolution and the Green Revolution, will potentially succeed in feeding the world by 2050.

In the British Agricultural Revolution, farmers improved fertile land in order to sustain the nutrients in soil. During the Green Revolution, cereal became a heightened focus when it was realized that 90 percent of the world's food comes from cereals.

"You can cope and adapt to global warming but you can't cope with hunger, famine or the lack of food to feed the rapidly increasing world's population," states Dr. John Baker, who was nominated for the World Food Prize in 2013. "Only four percent of the world's surface has arable soil and that's not likely to increase so we have to learn to farm it more sustainably which we simply haven't been doing."

Dr. Baker believes the key to ending poverty and feeding the world is through increased agricultural machinery.

"Primitive no-tillage tools simply fail," Dr. Baker states.

And perhaps it's a combination of improved agricultural machinery and an increase in the promotion of sustainable agriculture that will boost the opportunities for growth in smallholder farmers.

A report released by the UNEP-WCMC and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) provided recommendations in hopes of improving the relationship between policymakers and smallholder farmers.

The report included these suggestions:

The promotion of sustainable agriculture has focused on minimizing the impacts of agriculture on the environment and many smallholders feel this robs them of limited opportunities for growth. Farm- and community-level mechanisms that take these concerns into account while scaling up a sustainability landscape approach need to be developed.

Removing policy barriers to sustainable agricultural growth requires market-based mechanisms that provide smallholders with incentives to invest in sustainability, such as:

removing subsidies on unsustainable fertilizers;

subsidizing practices that encourage soil and water conservation;

expanding fair or green certification schemes that allow smallholders to compete in new niche markets locally and internationally.

In order to provide smallholders with the information they need, investing in approaches such as farmer field schools and the use of rural radios and other mobile telecommunication methods is essential.

Additional research is needed on the drivers of change that influence smallholder practices-both negative (e.g. agriculture policies and subsidies) and positive (e.g. secure land rights, collective institutions and cultural values).

- Rebecca Felcon

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3rd Agricultural Revolution - Yay, or Nay? | The Borgen Project

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According to a United Nations report, supporting smallholder farmers could lift one billion people out of poverty. Smallholder farmers provide over 80% of food consumed in the largest parts of the developing world and contribute to food security and poverty reduction. They also produce jobs; currently 2.5 billion people are full or part time smallholder farmers.

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Before the neolithic revolution humans were mostly hunter gatherers, They adapted to the environment. But now they make the environment adapt to them because of agriculture becoming common. With not having to migrate people start to build homes and city in select areas. This will increase populations as well because of the abundance of food.

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The deciduous Forest has a really long growing season. So trees are able to grow faster longer. I believe that the deciduous with be the quickest biome to go because of deforestation.

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The Cherokee rose is the state plant of Georgia. It is a dicot plant always having 5 pedals. It's taxonomic name is "Rosa Laevigata". Originated in Southern china and introduced to the United sates in 1780.

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I chose this Animation because of the visual it gives. I think it demonstrates the role of the chlorophyll really well. With the combination of CO2, H2O, and Light the chlorophyll breaks down these elements to make ATP. While also releasing Sugar and Oxygen. The chlorophyll is detrimental to the process of Photosynthesis.

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Plants are at the core of our existence as humans. With every breath in and out we partake in a symbiotic relationship with plants. We give them Co2 and they give us O, Each group needs one or the other to survive. The idea that a leaf can take in rays from the sun to make food and air for us to breath is amazing.