Boletín de Entomología Venezolana, 4, 77–81.įabricius, J.C. (1985) Los ropaloméridos de Venezuela (Diptera: Ropalomeridae). Jent & Gassmann, Soloduri (= Solothurn), Switzerland, i–x, 1–1135.īáez, M. (1846) Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymus plantarum. Lenkokroeberia chryserea Prado and Kroeberia fuliginosa Lindner are newly confirmed for Costa Rica.Īgassiz, L. The new species Ropalomera aterrima can be recognized from congenersby remarkable differences of the head, the shape of the scutellum, the absence of scutal vittae, fumose wings, and by theblack coloration of the body, ocellar bristles large, one postpronotal bristle, scutum without pollinose vittae and flat scutellum. The new genus and species Acrocephalomyia zumbadoi can be easily distin-guished from all other ropalomerid genera by the following combination of characters: angular forward projection of head,absence of ocelli, flat face, bare arista, long scutum, and scutellum triangular-shaped and dorsally flattened with only onepair of apical bristles with bases approximated. New taxa of the family Ropalomeridae from Costa Rica are described, and additional records of ropalomerid flies fromMexico and Central America are provided. 351, El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, Méxicoĭiptera, Ropalomeridae, Sciomyzoidea, Central America, Mexico, Neotropics Abstract Red Interacciones Multitróficas, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 351, El Haya, Xalapa, 91070, Veracruz, México With a need to cope with the growing needs of the planet's population, and to find ways to keep producing food and other crops as we expand into marginal landscapes, and adapt to a changing climate, changes in agriculture practices, food technology and bio technology will continue to be a big part of human civilization.Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.

Today, agriculture is as much a science as an art. After all, we are always going to need to increase the number of crops we grow for food and for clothing, dyes and oils, seed development and engineering to cope with the growing needs of the world's population, even if the picture is not as bleak as the most conservative concerns might suggest (2). Before organised agriculture, it is believed that the food supply could provide for just 4 million people globally (21).Įven as technology changes, agriculture adapts and could never become obsolete - even in a time when it might conceivably be vastly different from what it might have been at the dawn of agriculture. It is, and has been since there was an agricultural market, one of the largest employers of people in the USA today, agriculture represents 20% of the US economy (1). Learn more about the many careers in agriculture.Īgriculture is defined as the cultivation and exploitation of animals, plants (including fungi) and other forms of organic life for human use including food, fiber, medicines, fuel and anything else. With an undergraduate degree, you can manage farms and ranches, fisheries and forests, work with soil conservation or many other “outdoors” options.įor research degrees, for example those related to the environment, genetics and selective breeding, agricultural engineering and technology, an advanced degree is a likely requirement - typically an MS if you want to focus on lab work rather than field work. For those entering into agriculture as a career, once you have chosen this as a major it would be wise to choose such related subjects as chemistry, nutrition, biology and any environmental options your college or university might offer.

There remains a shortage of agriculture graduates too, so it should not be difficult to find gainful employment. In most cases, an undergraduate degree should be enough to find good employment and students in the US taking an undergraduate degree have a distinct advantage over other countries due to the size of the industry here. With the exploration of modern concepts such as GM, environmental change, sustainability as well as the business and scientific sides, potential students are spoiled for choice for employment and degree options. There are many options for those wishing to study an agriculture-based degree due to the nature of the breadth of the subject.

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