Agriculture - 1st Chapter

Agri

Latin word (Ager) - Field

Culture

Latin word (Cultura) - mCultivation

Food security

ensuring the availability of food supplies so that all people always have access to sufficient and nutritious food;

what is subsistence farming

production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer and their family

commercialised farming

primary objective is to make profit.

produce food for sale in the global marketplace called agribusiness

rarely sold directly to consumer. or to a food processing company where it is processed into product

explain intensive subsistence agriculture

1. the most abundant type of agriculture practiced around the world

2. highly labour intensive

3. limited space and limited waste

4. mostly found in east asia, south asia and southeast asia where population densities are high and land use is limited