lesson 9 - farming and technology

Question 1

what are some new equipment, computers and technology that can help agriculture yields?

Answer 1

• list of apps and computerised equipment available is enormous
• mechanism —-> machines
• crop sensors measure and record data about crops in real time

Question 2

what are genetically modified (GM) seeds?

Answer 2

• scientist’s insert genes into the DNA of plants and then produce seeds that have whatever features they wawnt
• genetically modified to be resistant to insects
• people who are worried about GM foods argue that we don’t know the long term health effects
• often it’s the company that makes the chemical pesticides that also produce the seeds that can resist the pesticides