Agriculture

Agriculture is one of the most important industries in the world, but how is it keeping up with a rapidly changing society? There are around 7.3 billion people in the world today, with the population expected to grow to another billion by 2030. As a vital part of every country, agriculture must try to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for produce. Farmers have seen a dramatic change in the way they work, due to advancements in technology and equipment. Many years ago, when farming was a largely manual occupation, farmers were able to feed around 19 people per day. Nowadays, a farmer can feed around 155 people a day. This is because of the development of motorized equipment such as tractors, improved housing for the animals and more time-and-cost efficient machines. One such example is a milking machine, which takes a lot less labour to produce the same volume of milk. However, two things remain the same about agriculture today as they did many years ago; farmers are still often family-run and farmers still have to wake up before dawn to feed and herd the animals. As competition grows from more commercial farms, any local farmers have begun specializing in what they produce and the type of farming they do. some have chosen to focus on dairy farming, producing milk for national supermarket chains, whilst others specialize in certain types of crops such as wheat or barley.

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Agriculture

Agriculture is one of the most important industries in the world, but how is it keeping up with a rapidly changing society?
There are around 7.3 billion people in the world today, with the population expected to grow to another billion by 2030. As a vital part of every country, agriculture must try to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for produce.
Farmers have seen a dramatic change in the way they work, due to advancements in technology and equipment. Many years ago, when farming was a largely manual occupation, farmers were able to feed around 19 people per day. Nowadays, a farmer can feed around 155 people a day. This is because of the development of motorized equipment such as tractors, improved housing for the animals and more time-and-cost efficient machines. One such example is a milking machine, which takes a lot less labour to produce the same volume of milk.
However, two things remain the same about agriculture today as they did many years ago; farmers are still often family-run and farmers still have to wake up before dawn to feed and herd the animals. As competition grows from more commercial farms, any local farmers have begun specializing in what they produce and the type of farming they do. some have chosen to focus on dairy farming, producing milk for national supermarket chains, whilst others specialize in certain types of crops such as wheat or barley.

By year 2030, the world population is expected to be...

Many years ago, farmers mainly used...

tractors

milking machines

manual labour

Many years ago, farmers were able to feed. ... people per day.

155

Nowadays, the number of people a farmer can feed per day has increased because...

they work faster

have started to use motorised equipment

people need less food

Which two things still remain the same about the agriculture today?

farmers work long hours; they produce everything

farms are family-run; they specialised in one sphere

farms are family-run; farmers work long hours

Definitions

keep up with

important

due to

as the result of

sudden, very great and often surprising

vital

to continue to be in contact with somebody

efficient

using the hands or physical strength

dawn

the time of the day when the sun starts desappearing

manual

good, careful and complete with no waste of time, money or energy

dramatic

the time of the day when the sun appears

demand

dusk

need

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Agriculture is one of the...

As a vital part of every country, agriculture must try...

Farmers have seen a dramatic change in the way...

Nowadays, a farmer can feed around 155 people a day. This is because of...

One such example is a milking machine, which takes a lot less...

two things remain the same about agriculture today as they did many years ago...

As competition grows from more commercial farms, any local farmers have begun...

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