Commercial vs Subsistence and Intensive vs Extensive

Subsistence or Commercial: Needed for survival

Subsistence

Subsistence or Commercial: Earns income

Commercial

Subsistence or Commercial: More people, fewer machines

Subsistence

Subsistence or Commercial: Fewer people, more machines

Commercial

Subsistence or Commercial: Higher agricultural density

Subsistence

Subsistence or Commercial: Lower agricultural density

Commercial

Subsistence or Commercial: LDCs

Subsistence

Subsistence or Commercial: MDCs

Commercial

Subsistence or Commercial: Pastoral Nomadism

Subsistence

Subsistence or Commercial: Grain Farming

Commercial

Subsistence or Commercial: Dairy Farming

Commercial

Subsistence or Commercial: Shifting Cultivation

Subsistence

Subsistence or Commercial: Intensive Rice Farming

Subsistence and Commercial

Subsistence or Commercial: Livestock Ranching

Commercial

Intensive or Extensive: Farmers use a lot of effort (inputs) to produce as much as possible

Intensive

Intensive or Extensive: Farmers use few inputs and produce less than other types of farming

Extensive

Intensive or Extensive: Inputs include human labor, fertilizers, pesticides, etc.

Intensive

Intensive or Extensive: May be commercial or subsistence

Intensive and Extensive

Intensive or Extensive: Wet-Rice Farming

Intensive

Intensive or Extensive: Livestock Ranching

Extensive

Intensive or Extensive: Mediterranean Agriculture

Intensive

Intensive or Extensive: Plantation Farming

Intensive

Intensive or Extensive: Grain Farming

Intensive

Intensive or Extensive: Pastoral Nomadism

Extensive

Intensive or Extensive: Shifting Cultivation

Extensive

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: Herding domesticated animals and moving them seasonally in search of food /land to graze on

Pastoral Nomadism

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: People grow crops on a plot of land for a few years and then “shift” to a new location when soil nutrients are depleted

Shifting Cultivation

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: Transhumance

Pastoral Nomadism

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: Slash & Burn Techniques

Shifting Cultivation

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: Subsistence Agriculture

Pastoral Nomadism

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: Dry/desertous areas

Pastoral Nomadism

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: Tropical/equatorial locations

Shifting Cultivation

Pastoral Nomadism or Shifting Cultivation: Central Asia, Northern Africa

Pastoral Nomadism