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- 1. PART II Ask 50 questions 1. What is the current population estimates in the world? 2. How many tonnes of food does each individual person consume on average per year? 3. What is the major source of such food? 4. What are the key stable food? 5. How are these food utilized? 6. What is the total estimate of food consumed per year? 7. Is there any deficit or surplus? 8. What causes such deficit or surplus? 9. What percentage of land is dedicated to producing food crops in the world? 10. What is the impact of population growth on such land? 11. If the current population trend continues, what amount of land will be available for crop production in 50 years to come? 12. Will that land sufficient to feed the exploding population growth? 13. Is industrial agriculture a solution? 14. How does the cultivation of one crop improve food production? 15. Is there any way such farming can be regarded as harmful? 16. If so, what are some of the common ways in which such farming can be harmful. 17. Is constant reliance of antibiotics advisable? 18. Industrial farming yield more profits and result in more food. Is it justifiable to conclude that such farming is bad? 19. Sustainable farming is considered a good alternative. Will such farming sustain the population? 20. How the use of manure and compost does compares with the use of fertilizers? 21. What is the long term cost benefit analysis of using compost manure? 22. What are example of sustainable agriculture that has been
- 2. proven effective in feeding the population? 23. What is average tonnes of cons produced in one acre through sustainable farming? 24. What is the average tonnes of cons produced in one acre through industrial farming? 25. Is there any differences? 26. How can such differences be addressed? 27. What alternatives should a farmer following sustainable agriculture do to reduce the use of antibiotics? 28. Are these alternatives practical and feasible? 29. What is the attitude of farmers towards sustainable agriculture? 30. What is their attitudes towards industrial agriculture? 31. What are the effectiveness of these alternatives in controlling diseases? 32. What is the consequences of using industrial crops in our bodies? 33. Is this impact a cause of worry? 34. Does the pesticide that gets into our bodies enough reason to ban industrial agriculture? 35. If not, what are the obstacles that prevent countries from adopting sustainable agriculture? 36. Are these obstacles manageable? 37. What role should government institution play in addressing such obstacles? 38. Are there any policy amendments that should be made? 39. What should these policies encourage? 40. what should these policies discourage? 41. Does the world need to double up food production? 42. What are the key steps to take towards increasing food production? 43. Does the world needs to start using technology to increase food production? 44. If yes, why? 45. If no, why? 46. Can the quality of otherwise depleted soil be restored?
- 3. 47. What are some of ways of restoring such soil? 48. Is genetic engineering a solution to the ever growing demand for food? 49. What is its impact on environment? 50. What is its impact on our body systems? Plant and Soil Science 390 Food Forever Case Report: Investigative Research on Food Production 1. PART 1: Pick topic and do an interview with a local expert 2. PART 2: Ask 50 questions 3. PART 3: Narrow questions 4. PART 4: Post citations and commentary (and self-scoring form) 6. PART 5: Create poster => then, critique and present PART 1: Introduction The purpose of this project is to explore, research, and present the
- 4. global ramifications of a local food issue. So, you will begin by picking a topic of concern to you, related to your food supply. Then, you will interview a local expert. This information will form the basis for your further research. See the Assignments link for posting your doing and posting Some articles for further consideration Below are some topics and associated articles that I found to piq ue your interest about issues directly related to the long-term sustainability of food production. These are intended to thought-provoking and controversial. Some of them are news articles, and some of them are stories and opinion. You may agree or disagree with the points of view, but I hope they give you ideas for further exploration. However, please don't feel limited by these! Moonh Stamp Moonh Stamp Urban Agriculture In Africa, Producing Food from Waste Could City Farming be a
- 5. Solution for Bangkok's Urban Poor Agro-Forestry Hope is Evergreen Sustainable Management of Crop Production The Next Green Revolution A Push to Farm Smarter--Not Bigger--To Feed the Do We Need Industrial Agriculture to Feed the World's Hungry World? Conservation Tillage That Stubble in the Fields Helps Farms Hold onto Precious Topsoil Zero Tillage: When Less Means More
- 6. Plant Breeding Why Midwest Drought Could Have Been Much Worse for Some Corn Farmers "People of Corn" Protest GMO Strain in Mexico PART 2. Ask 50 Questions Reasons for this Assignment To engage in a reading by asking lots of questions; to question material that you receive; to practice the process of refining questions To articulate and evaluate your own views, beliefs, preconceptions, or thoughts To assess the quality of evidence based on the characteristics of that evidence What to do: 1. Identify your chosen topic and article. Brainstorm a list of questions that you have as you read through at least one article pertaining to the topic of your choice.
- 7. 2. Generate at least 50 questions. No, I’m not kidding. 50 is the minimum; number them. It’s okay if the same question keeps popping up in slightly different words. It’s okay if many of the questions seem rather trivial and only a few of them seem big or important. HOWEVER, at least some of the questions should be very thoughtful; don't be content with asking "what is that" questions or with asking "fake" big questions like "why can't we just grow more food?" Also, your questions should show that you've read and thought about the entire issue even if one part of the assignment really catches your attention and you end up asking most of your questions about that part. TOPIC Article / Video Food Safety Small Farmers In New England Fear New Food Safety Rules How Safe is Your Food? The Benefits of Buying Local Food http://www.unep.org/pdf/OP_May/EN/OP-2010-05-EN- ARTICLE8.pdf http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0925/Why-Midwest-
- 9. 1. Look over all your questions. See if any questions are repetitive and can be put together into one question. Next, pick out your FIVE TOP quest ions, the ones that are most important or interesting to you for some reason. 2. Write a paragraph for each of your five top questions about WH Y that question is important to you. I won’t grade on whether I agree with you, I will grade on whether I understand what you are saying and whether your writing comm unicates that you have carefully considered your values and interests. So, spend t he time to think and write clearly. Also, be sure that your question is scrutable and worthy of a research project. That is, they should be questions that can be i nvestigated. [[NOT: "Why would the creator have done this?" or "What is the Latin n ame for 'tomato'?"]] 3. Identify your ONE TOP question, the one that is most interestin
- 10. g or important to you, that you would like to investigate further. PART 4. Research 1. See if you need to modify your one top question – you might need to narrow or clarify it. 2. Search for information that will help you answer your big questi on. You need to find and properly cite at least TEN sources of information that a ddress your question. At least five of these sources must be good, high quality sources based on sound evidence, which will take some digging to find. The others can be bad, crummy sources based on rumor, junk science, or political posturing, tha t pop up first in a Google search. 3. For EACH source you find and cite, write two paragraphs explai ning:
- 11. a) how information from this source is applicable to your question s; and b) if this is a reliable source of evidence and WHY YOU THINK S O, or if it’s a bad source and why. 4. Tell me in a paragraph which piece of evidence you find most c onvincing, and why? Again, this is subjective; I won’t grade on agreement with you b ut on your clarity of explanation. 5. In a single page, answer your own question based upon the evid ence you find using the FIVE good sources of information. You will need to be clea r, focused and succinct! CITATIONS Be sure to cite your sources properly. You may use APA or ML
- 12. A citation style. However, be consistent. If you cannot adequatel y identify the source, don't use it! Check out this slide show for http://www.csuchico.edu/lref/newciting.html http://www.csuchico.edu/lref/newciting.html detailed instructions: "How to Cite Your Sources." (Pay attentio n to the notes at the bottom of each slide). COMMON MISTAKES THAT STUDENTS MAKE ON THIS ASSIGNMENT 1. Not doing all the parts, or leaving some of them incomplete. 2. Not following a search engine result all the way to origin of the paper. For example, you might evaluate a reference incorrectly because you’re looking at a summary when the full paper might be better. Or, you might be very critical of how completely wrong an article is because you didn’t follow it back to the original source and find that the paper was published in 1980, not 2012. Or, and this is
- 13. embarrassing, you think a paper is very authoritative – without realizing that it was written by a high school student. 3. Evaluating a source based on how useful it is for you, not on the merits of the source. If an article is not useful for you, don’t use or cite it. If an article is exactly what you needed but the information is shaky, you need to recognize that. Cite it, but critique it. 4. Mistaking excellent writing style or website architecture for substantive information. 5. Not citing references fully – leaving off authors, dates, or URLs. Be sure to include in-text citations for all ideas derived from other sources. 6. USING QUOTES! Avoid them; instead, express ideas in your own words (but cite the source). 7. Expressing your own opinions instead of information and ideas from reputable outside sources. This project is not about your opinions! PART 5: Develop a Poster
- 14. This part will be done in teams for presentation at the Sense of Place event on Dec. 8. This will be discussed further in class. file:///E:/138-PSSC390-02- 1121/Course2/course2/Library/Abridged%20Citation%20Power Point.ppt