AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

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• advances in agricultural methodology, tools, and biotechnology
• have improved the ability to grow crops
• sustains a growing world populations
• help conserve fertile soil and reduce soil erosion
• machinery consumes nonrenewable resources

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• can contribute to erosion and air pollution
• addition to the environment can alter composition of soil
• can have a positive or negative effect on the water

examples

• tractors
• plows
• irrigation systems
• threshers

ARE THERE PROS AND CONS

• there are pros such as major source income
• also food, welfare, etc.
• there are cons such as a farmers health
• also misusing resources

HOW DOES IT RELATE TO SUSTAINABILITY

• practices can help conserve fertile soil
• and reduce soil erosion