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Agricultural Revolution and energy consumption.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 3
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On a fundamental level, agriculture is about human access to energy. As heterotrophic organisms, humans cannot fix energy from sunlight; rather, we rely on photosynthetic plants to feed ourselves and the animals we eat. Since plant and animal domestication was first adopted in the Proto-Neolithic period (the early Stone Age, roughly 9000 to 7000 b.c.e.), agriculture has been transforming not only how we feed ourselves but also how we organize society. Agriculture has proceeded through three revolutionary stages, from the first domestication of plants and animals to the latest innovations in industrial and biotechnology, and these changes in food production are closely linked with changes in energy production. An understanding of the history of agricultural practice and the contemporary global agricultural market system is therefore central to the study of energy resources and technologies.
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Agricultural Revolution and energy consumption.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mullaney, Emma Gaalaas |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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