COMPARISON BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND MODERN AGRICULTURE

Technology

aspect Traditional- using animals, example buffalos.

- consider land suitability, climate factor and the availability of adequate water supply
Modern-

using a lot of equipment and different types of machine, example tractor.

- greenhouse technology created to control the suitable crops to plant - the greenhouse is a structure built of glass or plastic, and it is able to maintain the optimum of moisture, temperature and light for plant growth

The

purpose of agriculture Traditional- own land for domestic use. - tended to plant a variety of crops so that they became self-sufficient

- later, for barter system (able to exchange the agricultural product with other farmers).

Modern-

agricultural product have become a very important part in business - product are produce on a large scale to be sold locally or for export.

- concentrate on a single crop (can specifies on producing). - become commodities that are traded at the stock market, example palm oil, sugar, cocoa.

Effects

of ecosystem Traditional- utilized animal waste as a plant fertilizer which cause no harm to the environment
Modern-

uses chemical and fertilizer which has result in soil and water pollution.

- pesticides not only destroy unwanted pests, but other insects, and natural predators are also destroyed. - leads to the instability of the ecosystem. - the consumption of these pesticides will definitely be hazardous to man as it poison accumulated in the body.

DEFINITION OF URBANIZATION

Is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. Also defined by the United Nations as movement of people from rural area to the urban area with population growth equating to urban migration. Urbanization can describe a specific condition at a set time, i.e. the proportion of total population or area in cities or towns, or the increase of this proportion over time. Urbanization can represent the level of urban relative to overall population, or it can represent the rate at which the urban proportion is increasing.