Studied by 16 people
evironment, culture, devlopment
three componets that lead to food variation
different cultures eat different things
how might culture impact agriculture
under nourishment
not getting enough calories consistantly in a day
china, indian
the two areas with the highest numbers of under nourishment
protein
where do most people spend their income on food
competition
in the devloped world, what keeps food prices down
corn, wheat, rice
three main cereal crops
cheap and give LDCs protein
importance of the three main cereal crops
agricultural revolution
changed from hunter-gatherer to farmer
settlement; ice age
started the ag revolution
larger populations
major advantage of agriculture over hunter-gathering
agricultural hearths
where certain crops came from
mexico
ag hearth of corn
fertile cresent
ag hearth of wheat
asia
ag hearth of rice
colmubian exchange
exhange of plants/animals between contients
subsistence farming
farming for ur own food
commercial agriculture
farming for profit
main differences of of sub farming and com ag
bigger farms, and different people/ways working it (devloped v. devloping)
intensive substence agriculture
most common type of ag
rice
most common intensive sub ag crop
asia
where is rice produced
double cropping
two harvests from the same field
crop rotation
the rotation of crops between fields, leaving them fallow
slash and burn, frequent location
2 major characteristics of shifting cultivation
pastoral nomadism
ppl who move around herding animals
dry climate
where pastoral nomadism is practiced
not desirable; gov regulation
why is pastoral nomadism declining
plantation
farms in devloping worlds that grow for profit
south and east asia
greastest producers of fish (aquafarming)
mixed crops and life stock
most common form of commercial ag in the us
seed devlopment; mostly in devloping countries (they farm for them)
what roles do large coperations play in commercial farming
horiculture
growing fruits, vegs, and plants
commercial gardening
most common type of farming in hte southeastern us
truck farming
commercial gardening/fruit farming
ranching
herding animals and feeding them through mixed crop farming
milkshed
area around the city where milk can be supplied without spoiling
west to east hemisphere
how food moves in the world
opium, coco leaves
principal drug crops
south america, afghanistan
where drug crops are mainly produced (coco leaves then opium)
urbanization, dersertifcation
2 principal reasons for ag land loss
second ag revolution date
scientific farming in the 17th and 81th cemtury
green revolution
improvments to ag in the ‘70s (more fertilizers, higher crop yields)
lack of trust
problems with gmos
organic
naturally gown food
conservation tillage
reduce soil erosion and runoff
no-tillage, ridge tillage
two main types of conservation tillage
