APHG - Where is Agriculture Distributed?
Mixed Crop and Livestock (developed)
>> both animal and crops are farmed in the same area, it's helpful because farmers could distribute the workload more evenly through the year >> crop rotation MIDWEST AND CENTRAL EUROPE
Ranching (developed)
>> commercial grazing of livestock over a large area >> semi-arid or arid land >> become part of meat-processing industry
Grain (developed)
>> distinguished from mixed crop and livestock farming bc crops are grown for human consumption >> farmers sell to large companies >> heavily mechanized
Intensive Subsistence (wet rice) (developing)
>> dominant type of agriculture in SOUTHEAST CHINA, EAST INDIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA
Mediterranean
>> every site that practices this borders a sea >> crops grown for human consumption >> horticulture forms the base
Shifting Cultivation (developing)
>> farmers clear land w/ slash & burn agriculture >> grows crops on a cleared site for a few years and move and and come back later
Intensive Subsistence (other) (developing)
>> feeds 3/4 of the world's population who live in developing countries >> most is done by hand
Pastoral Nomadism (developing)
>> form of subsistence agriculture based on herding animals. >> only 15 million practice it but it takes up 20% of the world's land >> similar to transhumance, practiced in areas where there is little arable land
Plantation
>> large farm that specializes in one or two crops >> cotton, coffee, sugarcane, rubber, tobacco >> tropics and subtropics >> LDCs
Dairying (developed)
>> most important type of commercial agriculture >> milkshed >> labor intensive, winter feed
Commercial Gardening
>> predominant in southeastern us >> truck farming >> some sold to consumers but mostly to large companies for canning and freezing
Geographer ________________ _____________________ identified 11 main agricultural regions, plus an area where agriculture was nonexistent.
derwent whittlesey