List types found in shifting cultivation plantation pastoral nomadism LDCs (detail and intensive wet rice dominant characteristics to intensive wet rice not dominant follow) mixed crop and livestock List types found in farming MDCs (details and grain farming characteristics to livestock ranching follow) Mediterranean commercial gardening and fruit (Rubenstein p 329 335) What are some challenges being faced in both subsistence and commercial farming? – Subsistence Farming Challenges Commercial Farming Challenges In what two ways has population growth lead to the changes in How are commercial farmers victims of own success? subsistence agriculture? 1. (skip of Access to Markets”) “Importance What has caused overproduction? Why has demand not increased with falling prices due to overproduction? 2. (make sure you understand what the term “intensification” means, you do not need to detail all of the various levels of fallow). What three methods does the government use to address the problem of overproduction? 1. btw, do you know what fallow means? Define here. 2. 3. What problem is faced by governments in LDCs as they try to expand production? What is sustainable agriculture? How are funds generated by LDCs in order to purchase agricultural improvements? Briefly summarize the principle practices of sustainable agriculture? 1. How is labor divided in LDCs with reference to subsistence farming and growing crops for export? What dilemma is faced by LDCs? 2. To what export crop (in general) have many subsistence farmers in LDCs turned because of its lucrative return? 3. What organizations have arisen in response to (de Blij p 393 - 394) US government efforts to crackdown on drug trafficking? What effect have organizations had on areas under their control? Now that we’ve learned the main differentiation between types of agriculture (subsistence vs. commercial) and the challenges faced by each in the modern world, let’s go back and learn about the history of the development of agriculture.
List types found in LDCs (detail and characteristics to follow) shifting cultivation pastoral nomadism intensive wet rice dominant intensive wet rice not dominant plantation List types found in MDCs (details and characteristics to follow) mixed crop and livestock farming grain farming livestock ranching Mediterranean commercial gardening and fruit (Rubenstein p 329 – 335) What are some challenges being faced in both subsistence and commercial farming? Subsistence Farming Challenges Commercial Farming Challenges In what two ways has population growth lead to the changes in subsistence agriculture? 1. 2. (make sure you understand what the term “intensification” means, you do not need to detail all of the various levels of fallow). btw, do you know what fallow means? Define here. What problem is faced by governments in LDCs as they try to expand production? How are funds generated by LDCs in order to purchase agricultural improvements? How is labor divided in LDCs with reference to subsistence farming and growing crops for export? What dilemma is faced by LDCs? To what export crop (in general) have many subsistence farmers in LDCs turned because of its lucrative return? (de Blij p 393 - 394) What organizations have arisen in response to US government efforts to crackdown on drug trafficking? What effect have organizations had on areas under their control? How are commercial farmers victims of own success? (skip “Importance of Access to Markets”) What has caused overproduction? Why has demand not increased with falling prices due to overproduction? What three methods does the government use to address the problem of overproduction? 1. 2. 3. What is sustainable agriculture? Briefly summarize the principle practices of sustainable agriculture? 1. 2. 3. Now that we’ve learned the main differentiation between types of agriculture (subsistence vs. commercial) and the challenges faced by each in the modern world, let’s go back and learn about the history of the development of agriculture.
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