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Agriculture: Notes by Jackson Welsh
Agriculture: Notes by Jackson Welsh
Agriculture: Notes by Jackson Welsh
Agriculture
Notes by Jackson Welsh
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Chapter 10 - Human Geo Notes by Jackson Welsh
- Animals like goats, pigs, and sheep were domesticated about 8,000 years ago
- Took a while to develop
- Only a few species have been domesticated, even today
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Chapter 10 - Human Geo Notes by Jackson Welsh
MDC vs LDC
Key differences:
- Purpose of farming
MDC: for money
LDC: for food
- Percentage of farmers in labor force
5% of population in MDCs farm, on average
Compared to 55% in LDCs
- Use of machinery
MDC: use lots of machines because we can afford them. Less farmers required.
LDC: use fewer, less money, less technology. More farmers required.
- Farm size
MDC: Megafarms - very large farms to make lots and lots of cash crops
LDC: Small, regular, family farms just to help sustain a family or team of people.
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Chapter 10 - Human Geo Notes by Jackson Welsh
- Relationships to businesses
MDC: sells most crops to companies to make all that money $$$
LDC: typically eat their own food, may sometimes sell to a local market
Agribusiness - Integration of different steps in the food processing industry: food processing
packaging, storing, distributing, and retailing
Subsistence Agriculture
FARMING THAT IS DONE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF FEEDING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
- Farmers hold land on common
- Self-sufficient
Extensive: Large areas of land, minimal labor input per land area
PASTORAL NOMADISM:
- Wandering but controlled livestock dependent on natural growth
- Requires most land per person sustained
- Frequently found in areas of Asia, highlands, Sarah and Sahel.
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