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.
