Explain the effects of the agrarian revolution in U.S.A
Answer:
- It led to increased food production due to improve methods of farming
- Diversification of agriculture through introduction of avariety crops and animal breeds.
- New invention in machinery ie steel plough, reaping machine and tractors enabled the farmers to bring more land under cultivation
- Due to availability of food
people’s heath and standards of living improved resulting to increased population.
- Machines replaced human labour resulting to people
migration to urban centers searching for employment.
- Industrial development coupled with migration of. people to urban centres led to growth of urban centres.
-Increased trade between U.S.A and-Europe because of production of surplus agricultural produce raw material for export to Europe
- Led to enhancement of research and scientific invention especially in the field of agriculture.
- The need to transport agricultural produce to the market led to further development of transport infrastructure e.g. roads, railways and water transport.