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Technologic Revolution in Agriculture, Contributions of Science
Technologic Revolution in Agriculture, Contributions of Science
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Although the nostalgic concept of agriculture as a way of life is still expressed on occasion, the fact is that modern crop and animal production is a highly competitive business, and unless producers are either highly efficient or heavily subsidized they cannot remain long in the business. The major contribution to the evolution of agricultural practice over the past half century has been derived from basic research in the biological, physical, and engineering sciences in conjunction with improvements in educational patterns, agricultural services, and transportation facilities.
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Most plant and animal products require the applications of chemistry to essentially every step in their conversion into consumer products, and modern foods, feeds, and fibres have all benefited from chemical transformations or enrichment. In fact, the food industry has undergone major evolution, if not revolution, during the past two decades with the result that highquality, attractive, domestic, and exotic foodstuffs are available to the American public in continuing supply at reasonable prices.
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The frequently expressed thesis that the application of the modern scientific method to agricultural production on a worldwide basis can readily double or treble world food production is meaningless in the present social context. The problem is not purely one of manpower times mechanics, but rather one consisting of an array of complex considerations, including climate, geography, resources, social and political systems, educational patterns and economics.
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If human welfare is to advance globally, the benefits deriving from science must be made to apply effectively to the responsibilities which confront all the more favored nations toward helping others to work toward national goals compatible with their potentials.
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