Question

1) Compare and contrast intensive agriculture and prairie agriculture in terms of their effects on the environment.

2) Parenchyma is one of the most common tissue types. Describe common human use(s) for parenchyma. Which properties of parenchyma make it suitable for human use?

Answer 1

Answer 1) Intensive farming: It is a form of farming where a small land area is available.In such condition. the farmers invest a large number of capitals in fertilizers, pesticides and highly efficient machinery and a large amount of labour so that to obtain very high yield and productivity.

Prairie farming: In this method of cultivation, a very large land area is available for farming. so the farmers invest a comparatively lower number of capitals and labours, still, they obtain a sufficient yield/productivity so that to meet their profit requirements and the market needs.

Their effects on the environment:

• Intensive farming leads to high accumulation of toxic substances such as pesticides and fertilizers in a relatively small land area, while such pollution is very limited or less in case of prairie farming.
• Many times, Intensive farming yields extra crops/products as per the market demand (due to the distance from the market) and it leads to depressed prices and very low profit. while this is not always the case with Prairie farming as they grow single crops which are either major crops or high in demand.
• Intensive farming erodes/degrades the agricultural land very fast as compared to the prairie farming.