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Agriculture uses very little fossil energy, compared to the emissions of other GHGs for which it is responsible. It is responsible for 80% of deforestation. Indeed, large areas are needed to grow crops, especially to feed farm animals. Agriculture is a human activity that began as soon as the climate stabilised, at the beginning of the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago, after the last deglaciation, which itself lasted 10,000 years. Since then, the impact of human activity on its environment has been growing: it has domesticated plant species (today, domesticated rice is no longer able to reproduce without human intervention), it has deforested to expand the cultivated areas, depriving animal species of their natural habitat, and since the Green Revolution (green for agricultural, not for ecological!), it has begun to use [[En-en adult card 7 125 pesticides|pesticides]] and inputs that are harmful to the environment and to itself.