Ch10_Agriculture+(1) (copy)

USA Rural Land use

  • Metes and Bounds = East Coast

  • Township and Range = Midwest and parts of West

  • Long lots = Louisiana and areas along Mississippi

Agricultural Origins and Regions

  • Origins of agriculture

    • Hunters and gatherers

    • Invention of agriculture

  • Location of agricultural hearths

    • Vegetative planting

    • Seed agriculture

  • Classifying agricultural regions

    • Subsistence vs. commercial agriculture

    • Mapping agricultural regions

Agriculture in Less Developed Countries

  • Shifting cultivation/slash and burn (primarily rainforests)

    - Characteristics of shifting cultivation

    - Future of shifting cultivation

    - not sustainable

  • Pastoral nomadism

    - Characteristics of pastoral nomadism

    - Future of pastoral nomadism

    - very poor way to make a living

  • Extensive - lots of space needed

  • Intensive (lots of inputs ferts, ppl, etc) subsistence agriculture

    - Intensive subsistence with wet rice dominant (a staple of humanity)

    - Intensive subsistence with wet rice not dominant

  • Plantation farming (coffee, tea, chocolate, fruits) (monocultural mainly in poor countries)

  • Mixed crop and livestock farming

  • Dairy farming

  • Grain farming

  • Livestock ranching

  • Mediterranean agriculture

Agricultural Origins and Regions:

  • Origins of Agriculture: Developed from hunter-gatherer societies; involved the domestication of plants and animals.

  • Agricultural Hearths: Key locations where agriculture began, including regions in the Fertile Crescent, China, and Mesoamerica.

  • Types of Agriculture:

    • Subsistence Agriculture: Farmers grow food primarily for their own consumption.

    • Commercial Agriculture: Produced for sale in the market.

  • Agricultural Regions Classification: Divided into various types based on methods and outputs, such as intensive subsistence, shifting cultivation, and plantation farming.

  • Patterns: Mapping agricultural regions helps understand distribution and practices in global agriculture.

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