8 - Agricultura y ganadería
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Agriculture uses very little fossil fuel compared to the emissions of other GHGs for which it is responsible. It is responsible for 80% of deforestation because of the large areas needed to grow crops, especially to feed farm animals. Agriculture is a human activity that began as soon as the climate stabilised, at the beginning of the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago, after the last deglaciation, which itself lasted 10,000 years. Since then, the impact of human activity on its environment has been growing. Plant species have been domesticated (today, domesticated rice is no longer able to reproduce without human intervention), forests have been cleared to expand cultivated areas, depriving animal species of their natural habitat, and since the Green Revolution (green for agricultural, not for ecological), we have been using pesticides and inputs that are harmful to the environment and to our health.
1Causa
La agricultura y la ganadería son actividades humanas.
2Consecuencias
Deforestation is due for 80% to agriculture. It can be considered as a human activity or as a consequence of agriculture of both.
The pictures in the background of card 9 should put you on the track!
5Otras consecuencias posibles
Spraying crops does result in aerosols and air pollution, but not to the same extent as incomplete combustion from power plants.
It doesn't matter if this link is not made, but it is true that agriculture can improve storage capacity through photosynthesis. This is the 0.4% principle (if we increased the soil's capacity to sequester carbon by even 0,4%, we would have a significant impact on CO2).
Here, we are thinking mainly of pesticides (especially Roundup or neonicotinoids). No link with the climate, but an interesting relation to make.
La agricultura y ganadería no utiliza mucho combustible fósil, solo un poco de gasolina en los tractores. Sin embargo, la agricultura y la ganadería emite otros gases de efecto invernadero como el metano liberado en los eructos de los rumiantes y el cultivo de arroz, y el N2O procedente de los fertilizantes utilizados en la agricultura.
La agricultura y ganadería no utiliza mucho combustible fósil, solo un poco de gasolina en los tractores. Sin embargo, la agricultura y la ganadería emite otros gases de efecto invernadero como el metano liberado en los eructos de los rumiantes y el cultivo de arroz, y el N2O procedente de los fertilizantes utilizados en la agricultura. Las emisiones de CO2 vinculadas a la agricultura corresponden al uso de combustibles fósiles, por lo que esta relación no es directa y, por lo tanto es incorrecta.
2Causas incorrectas
It would be more logical to link to agricultural yields.
Yes, the yield decline does affect agriculture, but the agriculture card is here to stand for one of the causes of GHG emissions.