Agriculture Around the World

Agriculture was the invention that led to the end of the hunter and gathering lifestyle. No longer having to go out in search for food, people were able to settle in one place and cities and towns began to spring up. Agriculture in a way led to the invention of community, the idea of living amongst a group of your peers, succeeding or failing together. Agriculture has changed drastically throughout the years, always altering in order to provide more food for a growing population. After the World Wars a number of books and pamphlets were published regarding agriculture. With European infrastructure destroyed, usable farm land was hard to come by and the fear of starvation was real. Many economists and scientist put forth ideas that could help save agriculture. Canada became a huge agriculture gold mine. Not damaged by the war, the nation still located in North America took steps to encourage people to move out west and cultivate the land, making it farm ready. In a hungry world Canada was finding itself to be a very valuable asset to those who were on the brink of starvation. The U.N. was also putting forth research that suggested what needed to be done in order to help save the starving population of the world. After years of so much destruction no one wanted to see a nothing international crisis, starvation due to poor agriculture and food supply.