Subsistence Agriculture.

consequences of agriculture

increased food supply, settlements, population grow, job specialization, job specialization, patriarchal system.

role of woman in agriculture : commercial agriculture

inequality(between men and women.)

Double cropping

instead of growing one of the same crop per year you grow it twice per year.

early agricultural inventions

irrigation, plowing, fencing, fertilizing, weeding, pastoralism.

quaternary

jobs that involve research/development managemnet & processing/disseminating information.

Quinary

jobs that involve the creation, re-arrangement and the interpreation of ideas.

shifting coltivation

rotating faem plots to allows unused soil to regenerate.

types of agricultural production

subsistence & commercial

Intensive farming techs

terrace farming, double cropping

occurs in mainly south east and south east asia.

Intensive farming

Primary

Jobs that harvest raw materials directly from the enviroment. Higher %=LDC's

Secondary

Jobs that process raw materials into industrial goods. Higher %=MCD's

tertiary

Jobs that provide human services. Higher %=Core States.

Shifting coltivation tech

Slash and burn and intertillage

Intensive farming

cultivation of a small amount of land very efficiently to yeild high outputs.

Patterns of settlements

dispersed, nucleated, village

role of woman in agriculture : subsistence agriculture

equality (between men and women.)

Types of subsistence agriculture

pastoralism, shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence farming.

seed agriculture

planting a sedd to where you get alot not a little

commercial agriculture

producing a surplus of food to sell at the market. involves industrialization, prevalent in MDC's

subsistence agriculture

producing enough food for you and your family to eat. (prevalent in LDC's)

agriculture

the practice of growing plants or raising animals for human consumption

animal domestication

using animals for things other than food

Vegetative planting

when humans barry a whole vegetable to grow more of that food. (tarro, banana, yams and palm)

terrace farming

when you create steps on a mountain side

shifting coltivation occurs in

wooded aeras, amazon basin, centrel africa, indonesia and pappa new guniea.