Agriculture

Agriculture

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Agriculture by Mind Map: Agriculture

1. pollution

1.1. air

1.2. water

2. Types of products

2.1. cattle

2.2. dairy

2.3. mixed livestock + crops

2.4. Poultry

3. environmental effects

3.1. pesticides

3.1.1. run off

3.2. CO2 emmissions

3.3. leaching

4. organic farming

4.1. crop rotation

4.2. green manure

4.3. biological pest control

4.4. compost

4.5. limit / exclude manufactured pesticides or fertilizers

4.6. standards

4.6.1. organic certification

4.7. costs

4.7.1. social

4.7.2. ecomonic

4.7.3. opportunity

4.7.4. unintended

5. laws / legislation

5.1. Protect Farmers

5.1.1. Farm Bill

5.2. Protect consumers

5.2.1. USDA

5.2.1.1. food safety

6. Irrigation

6.1. Manual or Automatic : Sprinkling

6.2. Manual or Automatic : Drip

6.3. Manual : Surface

7. Information

7.1. Apps

7.2. Agricultural Institutes

7.3. Govt. Agencies

7.4. Agricultural Fairs

8. Pastoral Farming

8.1. livestock

8.2. grazing

8.3. better for animals

9. Industrialized Farming

9.1. machinary

9.2. pesticides / chemicals

9.3. antibiotics

9.4. high profit

10. monoculture

10.1. single crop

10.1.1. more disease

10.2. large harvest

10.3. minimum labor

11. polyculture

11.1. local

11.2. Benefits

11.2.1. reduces disease

11.2.2. environmentally friendly

11.3. Methods

11.3.1. biodiversity

11.3.2. companion planting

11.3.3. heirloom gardening

11.3.4. crop rotation

11.3.5. intercropping

11.3.6. multi-cropping

11.4. Costs