effects of technology on the agriculture sector

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EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY

ON THE AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

By

- Diyana binti Anuar

- Praveen Naidu a/l Kalai Selvam


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Effect

- The ways in which an event, action, orperson changes someone or something

Agriculture

- The practice or science of farming

Technology

- New machines, equipment and ways ofdoing things that are based on modernknowledge about science and computers.


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INTRODUCTION

The uses of technology in agriculture increases

the quality of production of crop and plantation.

Fullfill the need of foods for world peoples.

Changes the genetic information

of ones plant to produce better

breed of crops.


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Definition

Genetic modification in relation to an organism

altering of the genetic materials

does not occur naturally by

mating or natural recombinition


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Future in genetically

modified organism

Possible benefits

Improve efficiency of uptake ofmineral salts

Reduced fertilizer input

Improve ability to withstand

drought or high salt

Crop can be cultivated on land

where soil and climate

unsuitable

Improve resistance to

herbicides

Crop better able to survive

application of herbicides to

control weeds

Improve resistance to disease Reduced pesticide input, crop

losses reduced

Improve frost resistance Growing and harvest season

extended

Control ripening of fruits Postharvest losses reduced


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EXAMPLES OF GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

CROPS (BENEFITS)

Soya and Herbicide Resistance

- More tolerant of certain herbicides.

- Use to break down relatively,

- quickly in the soil into harmless components

Maize and Resistance to Pest

- Produces a lethal protein when attacked by the

insects

- Toxic proteins comes fromBacillus thuringiensis.

which is toxic to variety of insects


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Rice and Resistance to Disease

- Suffers from rice stripe virus

- Introducing the gene for the virus protein coatinto the rice plant genome

Improvement in Wheat Plants

- Produce shorter, stronger stems help prevent thewheat plants from being blown over in wet,

windy conditions.


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IMPLICATIONS

Food Allergies

Cancer

Virus & Bacterial Illness

Toxicity ofSoil

Radical Change in Diet

Extinction ofSeed Variation

Genetic Pollution

Can Cause Genetic Alteration in Human Beings

and Animals

Lead to Various Types of Deathly Diseases


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VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAP6ZtfP9ZQ

The Future of Food Trailer

The effects of genetically modified crops


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REFERENCES

Longman Dictionary Online

http://www.ldoceonline.com/

Adds. John, 2001 Genetics,Evolution andBiodiversity

The impact of genetic modification of human

foods in the 21st century

http://www.cib.org.br/estudos/estudos_alimentares

06.pdf

50 Harmful Effects of GM Foods

http://www.raw-wisdom.com/50harmful.

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