Types of Agriculture

Subsistenence

The growing of crops and livestock is a matter of survival and for own family consumption.

Commercial

The process of growing crops and livestock to sell for a profit.

Bid Rent Theory

explains that land values and prices correlate with distance from the market. (The closer to CBD the more expensive)

Intensive

Farming that aims to maximize yields from a given area of land through high inputs of labor and capital. Usually on small plots of land.

Extensive

Farming that requires little labor input and thus yields little output.

Shifting Cultivation

Products: Rice, Maize, Sorghum, Millet

Climate: High rainfall, tropical climate

Location: South America, Central & West Africa, Southeast Asia

Subsistence

Extensive

Pastoral Nomadism

Products: Cattle, Camels, Reindeer, Goats, Yaks, Sheep, Horses

Climate: Drylands, Deserts

Location: Northern Africa, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, East Asia

Subsistence

Extensive

Intensive Wet Rice

Products: Rice

Climate: Wetlands

Location: India, China, Southeast Asia, North & South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines

Subsistence

Intensive

Plantation

Products: Cacao, Coffee, Rubber, Tea, Coconuts, Cotton

Climate: Tropical

Location: Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South, Southeast Asia

Commercial
Intensive

Market Gardening, Commercial Gardening, Truck Farming

Products: Lettuce, Broccoli, Apples, Oranges, Tomatoes

Climate: Warm/Mid Latitude

Location: Southeastern US, California, Southeastern Australia

Commercial
Intensive

Mediterranean

Products: Grapes, Olives, Dates, Figs

Climate: Mild wet winters, Hot dry summers, Coastal

Locations: Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Pacific Coast of the US, Chile, South Africa, Southern Australia

Commerical
Intensive

Dairy

Products: Dairy

Climate: Mid-Latitudes

Location: Northern US, Canada, Europe, Russia, China, India, Brazil

Commercial

Intensive

Mixed Crop and Livestock

Products: Corn, grain & soybean, grown to feed cattle and pigs

Climates: Cold & Warm mid Latitudes

Locations: Midwestern US, Canada, and Central Europe

Commercial
Intensive

Grain

Products: Wheat

Climates: Mid Latitudes, too dry for mixed crops & livestock

Location: US, Canada, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, China, South Asia

Commercial
Extensive

Livestock

Products: Cattle, Goat, Sheep

Climates: Drylands Deserts

Location: Western NA, Southeastern & South America, Central Asia, Australia, South Africa

Commerical

Extensive