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For Article #1

1. X is: ________________ and Y is: ____________________.
2. Show the relation on the graph:

3. Is this an ‘inverse’ or ‘direct’ relation? ___________

For Article #2

4. X is: ________________ and Y is: ____________________.

5. Show the relation on the graph:

6. Is this an ‘inverse’ or ‘direct’ relation? ___________

For Article #3

7. X is: ________________ and Y is: ____________________.

8. Show the relation on the graph:

9. Is this an ‘inverse’ or ‘direct’ relation? ___________

YES, these are the same 3 articles as you saw in Asst #2.  Use them again for Asst #3.....

Article #1:  Rise in Pests reduces global Food Crops

Ecowatch.com, August 31, 2018 – More Insects will cause lower crop yields globally, as global warming could increase both the number and appetite of crop pests. The research says this would pose a serious threat to world crop production. Losses from wheat, rice and maize may increase by 46 percent, 19 percent and 31 percent, respectively. Losses from pest infestation are likely to be largest in China, the U.S. and France—three of the world's most important grain producers, according to the findings. At present, around 10-16 percent (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. of global crop production is lost to pests—including insects, fungi and bacteria.

Thousands of insect species are known to threaten food production. One of the most well-known pests, the desert locust, feeds on a wide range of crops—including rice, maize and sugarcane—and can swarm and strip a crop field within an hour (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Other insects, such as the western corn rootworm, target specific crops. The rootworm, for example, feeds on maize during both its larval and adult beetle life stages and currently costs U.S. farmers around $1bn a year (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. in lost revenue.

The new study, published in Science (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., explores activity of 38 of the world's most-studied insect crop pests. Rising temperatures boost the rate at which insects can digest food—causing them to demolish crops at a faster rate.

Losses are projected to be largest for maize and wheat because these crops are mostly grown in temperate regions – where warming is expected to boost insect population numbers, the researchers say.

The maps show how the largest losses to crop yields in percentage terms are expected in Europe and North America, including in the U.S. and France—two of the world's largest grain producers.

Europe's wheat-growing regions—collectively the most productive in the world—could be particularly affected by losses, the results show. Up to 11 European countries, including the UK, Sweden and Ireland, could face insect-related losses of 75 percent or higher, the study finds.  Moderate losses are also projected across much of sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia—two regions currently facing high levels of hunger. Writing in their research paper, the authors said: "Poor grain consumers and farming households, who account for a large share of the world's 800 million people living in chronic hunger, will suffer most."

Article #2: New Virtual Herding Technologies help lower dairy costs, reduce Milk prices

Farmonline.com, July 8 2016 - Dairy farmers in Australia have been successful in development of virtual herding technology to better manage individual grazing animals and their feeding requirements. “Dairy Australia invests in research and technology to help ensure the longer term viability of dairyfarmers,” Dairy Australia managing director Ian Halliday said.  “We are tightening our belts with budgets and longer term initiatives that will benefit farmers.”

As a result of this research - overall animal and pasture productivity will be improved, resulting in reduced production costs. “Technologies like virtual herding...will reduce the cost of production.” Virtual herding or fencing technology will allow farms to manage both individual and small groups of animals within a herd better and will contribute to a reduction in labor required to move and draft cattle.  “This project will put Australian livestock industries at the forefront of applying advanced technologies,” Mr Halliday said. “Virtual fencing and herding technology has the potential to transform individual, small group and entire herd management.”

By keeping animals out of sensitive areas and managing overgrazing virtual herding will also help to improve environmental and animal welfare outcomes and give farm managers a better way to manage animal health and welfare.

Article #3:  Violence, Food Shortages hit desperate residents in Caribbean following massive Hurricane

NYT Sept. 10, 2017, Marigot St. Martin — At dawn people began to gather, planning for survival after Hurricane Irma (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  They started with the grocery stores, scavenging what they needed for sustenance: water, crackers, fruit.

But by nightfall - what had been a search for food took a more menacing turn, as groups of people some of them armed swooped in and took whatever of value was left, including electronics, appliances and vehicles.

“All the food is gone now,” Jacques Charbonnier, a 63-year-old resident of St. Martin, said in an interview on Sunday. “People are fighting in the streets for what is left.”

In the few, long days since Irma pummeled the northeast Caribbean (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., killing more than two dozen people and leveling 90 percent of the buildings (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. on some islands, the social fabric has begun to fray in some of the hardest-hit communities.   Residents of St. Martin, and elsewhere in the region, spoke about a general disintegration of law and order as survivors struggled in the face of severe food and water shortages, and the absence of electricity and phone service.

Answer 1

For Article # 1 X is increasing number of in order Y is damage done to rops Hence, it has a direct relation \r\n Article # 2 Here X is upgrading of technology Y is improvement of animal productivity It is direct relation \r\n Article # 3 Here X is increasing demand Y is decease in food Here it is in direct or inverse relation as the demand is increasing but there is of food whatever shortage the factor may be
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