2. • Determine the risks and benefits of agricultural
research
• Discuss how agricultural research affects humans
and the environment
• Summarize articles on agricultural research

3. What do researchers hope to achieve?
Increase quality and quantity of foods
Increase farmer profits
How will this be achieved?
Create new organisms
Alter existing organisms
Develop new products that benefit plants and animals

4. • Medicine resistance
• New diseases
• Education need due to industry advances
• Fewer family farms
• Increased funding needs

5. • Increase livestock & crop yields
• Improve farmland productivity
• Reduce loss due to disease & insects
• Efficient equipment
• Increase overall food quality & quantity

6. • Ag Research has benefitted humans
• Higher yielding products
• Insect & disease resistance
• Improved food value
• Economical production without hurting the environment
• Impacts of technology
• Reduced the number of producers
• Less than 2% of the population works on farms