Critical of various approaches to the process of transition of humans towards agriculture Do the test

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Croplands and pastures cover about 38% of Earth's ice-free land. They are the largest use of land on the planet ( Foley etal. 2011). During the first half of the twentieth century, agricultural issues were mainly related to crop sequence diversity and management of soil organic matter and biological processes. In the 1940s and 1950s, a divergent view became dominant: using manufactured fertilisers and pesticides instead of diverse rotations to reach high yields (Drink water and Snapp 2007; Goulding at al. 2008; Savary 2014). The 'Green Revolution" also called "industrial agriculture", based on this paradigm increased significant productivity of the main agricultural crops. To some extent, it helped address food security issues while limiting transformation of natural ecosystems into agricultural ones.

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