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How topography affects agriculture
Topography can affect which plants can be grown and the methods of agriculture.
Examples of intensive subsistence agriculture
One such example of intensive subsistence farming is the wet-rice agriculture of Asia. In South, East, and Southeast Asia, growers make large investments in productive seed types and fertilizer and use human labor rather than mechanized equipment to carry out the planting, weeding, and harvesting.
Examples of intensive commercial agriculture
For example, dairy farms in northern Europe are relatively close to their urban-dwelling consumers.
Drawbacks of monocropping
However, monocropping can strip nutrients from the soil; for instance, intensive cotton production leads to soil exhaustion.
Region where agriculture began
First Agricultural Revolution/Agricultural Hearth.
Importance of Columbian Exchange
It helped with introducing and diffusing a lot of the culture and exports to both the New World and Old World to help the entire world progress as a whole. It also led to increase trade and food production across the globe.
Main factor contributing to 1st Agricultural Revolution
Human shifting from being nomads and foragers to becoming farmers and herders.
Examples of dual agricultural economies
South Africa and Zimbabwe are examples of dual agricultural economies. South Africa has both subsistence farms and well-developed commercial operations. Farmers who have the resources to invest in equipment, land, and materials participate in commercial agriculture.
Reasons for the growth of agribusiness in the 20th century
As farm machinery, fertilizers, pesticides, genetically modified organisms, and smart technologies have made agriculture more efficient and specialized, farmers have become much more dependent on food manufacturers, distributors, and marketers.
Benefits and Downsides of Commodity dependency
Benefits: The benefits are that it strengthens your economy because of the people that depend on that commodity.
Downsides: If the commodity is no longer accessible or needed the economy of the export country could possible break down.
Purpose of fair trade
The purpose of fair trade is to ensure fairer terms of trade between farmers and buyers, protect workers’ rights, and provide the framework for producers to build thriving farms and organizations.
What is the beneficial agricultural relationship between core and periphery countries?
The core countries gain profit and commodities and the periphery countries also gain in an economic standpoint.
Example of how terracing alters the landscape
Farmers can cultivate crops in these rugged tropical wet climate regions by building “steps” or terraces into the steep slopes and creating paddies for cultivating water-intensive crops such as rice.
Contributions to food insecurity
War, Poverty, Poor land conditions, and Adverse Weather.
Gender specific challenges women face in agriculture
Social problems such as not being acknowledged by culture to do certain tasks, economic because of different pay cuts for being a woman, and political problems for laws restricting women of doing things such as taking loans for businesses.
Examples of how woman in agriculture face FEWER cultural barriers
Lots of Native American, Asian, and parts of African culture have accepted Women as normal workers in agriculture and have made jobs for them and let them lead the workforce.
Benefits of empowering women in agriculture
Geographers take a keen interest in female farmers because strong connections exist between the empowerment of women, agricultural productivity, and food security.
Examples of biotechnology in agriculture
Pesticides
Herbicides
Hybrid Seeds
Examples of mediterranean agriculture
Growing crops like Grapes and Olives
Long term impact of the Dust Bowl in the 1930’s
More-eroded counties experienced large and permanent declines in agricultural land values.
Issues with slash and burn agriculture
Within a few years, the nutrients are used up and the weeds return. Having lost fertility, the soil is no longer suitable for farming, and as a result, the field is abandoned, and farmers move on to a new plot of land to repeat the process.
In what ways does engaging women in agriculture influence society?
Engaging women in agriculture boosts economy and can help reduce world hunger especially if they had as much rights as their male counterparts.
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