INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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End of the last ice age
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Religious practices
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Discovery of fire
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Rivers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because this revolution began about 14, 000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, experts theorize the warmer climate drove early humans to plant crops and build homes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Environmental factors that influence the extent of crop agriculture are terrain, climate, soil properties, and soil water. It is the combination of these four factors that allow specific crops to be grown in certain areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mechanization and rationalization of agriculture was a key factor of the Agricultural Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -These changes – such as climate change, increased ground-level ozone, changes in water availability, carbon dioxide fertilisation, soil degradation, deforestation and land use change – can directly and substantially influence agricultural production.