Unit 5- Agriculture
Vocab
https://knowt.io/note/28ead45a-501e-4ad0-9083-3081c630f2b5/AP-HUG
5.2: Types of Agriculture
Agricultural Influence: Climate
| Climate Zones | |
|---|---|
| Polar | Cold, arid (dry), and semi-arid climates |
| Cold Mid-Latitude | Mild summers & colder winters, moderate rainfall |
| Warm Mid-Latitude | Warm and humid summers and mild winters |
| Tropical | Hot & humid, with substantial precipitation |
Intensive Farming → Agriculture that involves greater inputs of capital and paid labor relative to the space being used. (more work=less space)
Extensive Farming → Agriculture that uses fewer inputs of capital and paid labor relative to the amount of space being used. (less work=more space)
- Ex. Rice farming is intensive and requires constant tending, measuring of water, etc. and thus smaller spaces are used
- Ex. Ranching (raising animals for meat) requires lots of land for animals to graze but doesn’t require a huge amount of labor to tend to them
Shifting Cultivation:
- Subsistence
- Extensive
- Climate: Tropical
- Practiced in: Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia
- Products: Rice, corn, millet, sorghum, etc.
Pastoral Nomadism:
- Subsistence
- Extensive
- Climate: Drylands
- Practiced in: Southwest/ Central/East Asia, North Africa
- Products: Cattle, reindeer, goats, yaks, sheep, horses, camels, etc.
Plantation Farming:
- Commercial
- Intensive
- Climate: Tropical
- Practiced in: Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia
- Products: coffee, rubber, tea, sugarcane, bananas. tobacco, etc.
Mixed Crop/Livestock Farming:
- Commercial
- Intensive
- Climate: Cold and warm mid-latitude
- Practiced in: Midwestern US, Canada, central Europe
- Products: Corn, soybeans, grain (to feed animals)
Grain Farming:
- Commercial
- Extensive
- Climate: Cold mid-latitude
- Practiced in: North/central US, southern Canada, eastern Europe, Russia, Central, and South Asia
- Products: Wheat, corn, barley, etc
Market Gardening:
- Commercial
- Intensive
- Climate: Warm mid-latitude
- Practiced in: Southern US, southeastern Australia, California
- Products: Fruits and vegetables
Dairy Farming:
- Commercial
- Intensive
- Climate: Warm and cold mid-latitude
- Practiced in: Northeast US, southeast Canada, southwest Europe, Russia, China, India, Brazil
- Products: Milk
Mediterranean Agriculture:
- Commercial
- Intensive
- Climate: Warm mid-latitude
- Practiced in: Southern Europe, northern Africa, the Pacific coast of the US, Southern Africa, Chile, Australia
- Products: Figs, dates, olives, grapes, etc.
Livestock Ranching:
- Commercial
- Extensive
- Climate: Drylands
- Practiced in: North America, South America, Central Asia, Southern Africa, Australia
- Products: Cows, sheep, goats, bison, alpaca, emus, etc.