3A-Commercial+Agriculture

__//3A-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE - Joe Haskins, Kyle Pomeroy, and Brian Hitchens//__

What is Commercial agriculture?

 * Commercial Agriculture is the production of crops intended to be sold to certain supermarkets. It is done to supply a large amount of food to a large amount of people easily. In the United States, more then half the economy comes from commercial agriculture. However, arable land is a must for commercial agriculture and unfortunately, much of it is spread along the rainforest. Thus, commercial agriculture leads to the deforestation of the rainforests.

Why is there commercial agriculture?

 * Soybeans are one of the Brazil's most important crops in the Amazon. Brazil has added 30 million acres of soybeans, and American firms are aggressively expanding their presence in the Brazilian agricultural sector. Brazil will likely soon supply the United States as the world's leading exporter of soybeans, at the expense of the forests and savannas.

What animals are affected?

 * Macaw's are an endangered species that are losing their habitat due to; logging, deforestation, and commercial agriculture. Also, poaching, and hunting are a big factor towards the extinction of Macaws.


 * Not only are land animals being effected by commercial agriculture, most water dwelling animals like this black caiman, are seriously effected mostly by the rain which causes the fertilizers and pesticides to flood into the river, thus polluting it.

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 * We were unable to find a company which promotes the use of commercial agriculture in rainforests, but most of it is done by local farmers to raise soy. It is an easy way for them and the Brazilian government to make money off the exportation of soy to places like the U.S. but at the cost of the rainforests.

How do we stop it?

 * One way to prevent the use of commercial agriculture is to spread awareness of its destructiveness towards the rainforests. Another way would be to join or give money to an organization that helps stop the deforestation of rainforests through commercial agriculture. The Board of Consumer Goods Forum will most likely be willing to accept any kind of donation which will help stop commercial agriculture in Cancun.

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