Integrated Pest Management / Plant Breeding / Land Degradation
Task: Information report format. Max 8 pages typed. 1. Integrated Pest Management – Discuss how the use of Integrated Pest Management can reduce the problems of pesticides and chemical resistance in target organisms. Responses could include the following – • Identify the issues of Integrated Pest Management and Pesticide and Chemical resistance in target organisms • Create a table that would include the various Integrated Pest Management strategies and their advantages and disadvantages in relation to reducing the problems of pesticide and chemical resistance in target organisms. • In your concluding paragraph, make a statement about how the issues discussed would lead to the system achieving or not achieving sustainability. 2. Plant Breeding – Explain how plant breeding is used to develop new plant varieties to improve product quality, yield and environmental adaptation. – Explain how plant breeding is used to develop new plant varieties to improve product quality, yield and environmental
adaptation. Responses could include the following – [unique_solution]• Identify the different plant breeding techniques used to develop new plant varieties. • Relate the cause and effect of the different plant breeding techniques. How do these techniques improve product quality, yield and environmental adaptation? • What effect would these have on
farm productivity, profitability and sustainability. 3. Land Degradation- a) Identify a Land Degradation problem and propose alternative farming strategies that reduce degradation but assist farm productivity and profitability. b) Discuss in detail how and why the chosen alternate farming strategy would reduce degradation but assist the farm productivity and profitability. For example fencing off swampy areas to establish a wetland to enhance biodiversity,
de-stocking areas with gully erosion and exploring other income earning opportunities. Responses could include the following – • Choose a land degradation problem that affects the farming community. • Put forward a point of view, idea or suggestion of an alternative farming strategy that would reduce degradation but assist the farm
productivity and profitability. • Discuss in detail how and why the chosen alternate farming strategy would reduce degradation but assist the farm productivity and profitability. A bibliography must be included of all the resources used.