AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND THE 4/5
YEAR CROP ROTATION
PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES
GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
SELECTIVE BREEDING
MECHANISATION
FOOD SUPPLYWHAT HAS HELPED TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF FOOD?
STRAIN ON SERVICES (HEALTH, WATER, SANITATION AND
FARMING)
LAND IS UNUSABLE (SOMETIMES FOR MANY YEARS AFTER)
INFRASTRUCTURE IS DAMAGED
BABY BOOM
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AWAY FIGHTING
Her main role is of a mother
He wants a large family
She was married young
…And therefore had lots of time to have children.
She didn’t go to school
He wants a small family
Her main role is of a mother
She did her LC and went to university
She has a career
She married at 30
As a country develops…women are more educated...equality…lower birth rates
http://www.igeography.ie/factors-influencing-population-change.html