PPT-Agriculture Unit 5 Agriculture

Agriculture Unit 5 Agriculture Importance of Agriculture Everyone dependent on food Agriculture occupies more land area than any other econ activity Agriculture employs 45 almost half of worlds labor in Africa and Asia over 50 are farmers. S C 707 This publication was originally prepared by Jo Ann S Hilliker former state Extension specialist in clothing and textiles Special appreciation is extended to the committee who inspired this project and who worked long hours to make it a reali Presented By The PAS Study Group. Paul . Landini. Anna . Mendelson. . Sofa Getachew. Comparison. Compare . and contrast the Han and Greek Empires in economic organization. :.  . . Despite . the fact that the Greek and Han Empires were similar in that they both used foreign trade to get the good they needed or wanted, they were really more different in that Greek had few natural resources due to unfertile land while the Han had many lucrative resources such as silk. Agriculturally, the Grecian Empire depended on slaves to farm their few crops but the Han did not use . Subsistence (LDC). Shifting Cultivation. Slash-and-burn. Pastoral nomadism. Intensive wet rice and non-rice dominant. Lots of work. Commercial (MDC). Dairy. Grain. Livestock. Mediterranean. Commercial gardening. Bertrand Russell. E. Napp. The Neolithic Revolution. E. Napp. Beginning around 12,000 years ago. Domestication of plants and animals. Growing populations. Permanent settlements. New diseases from close proximity to animals. Structure of Agriculture. Since 2004: . less than . 1%. of the USA population were farmers; . 1920. : 30%; in . 1787. : 90. %. 17%. of the total labor force work in food-related industries. 23 million. PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. ADVANCED PLACEMENT HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. Session 2. MAJOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION REGIONS. Agricultural practices . vary widely across the globe.. The most basic distinctions in agricultural products are made between . Agriculture is also called farming is the cultivation of animals, plants, and other life forms for food, and other products used to sustain human life.. There are fifteen different types of agriculture.. for MN Governor’s Workforce Development Board. Brad Schloesser, Ex. Director. MN State Center of Excellence - Agriculture . Phone > 507-389-7263. Email . > . brad.schloesser@southcentral.edu. Yusuf Baykal. What. is . agriculture. ?. Agriculture. , . also. . called.  . farming.  . or.  . husbandry. , is . the. . cultivation. of . animals. , . plants. , . fungi. , . and. . other. PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. ADVANCED PLACEMENT HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. Session 1. . Advanced Placement. Human Geography. Review . Sessions: . Unit Five. By Geri Flanary. To accompany . AP Human Geography: . Shifting cultivation. Characteristics of shifting cultivation. Future of shifting cultivation. Pastoral . nomadism. Characteristics of pastoral nomadism. Future of pastoral nomadism. Intensive subsistence agriculture. THE MAIN TYPES OF AGRICULTURE IN INDIA. SHIFTING AGRICULTURE / SLASH & BURN / JHUMMING. SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE. EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE. INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE. PLANTATION AGRICULTURE. MIXED FARMING. NACDEP Annual Conference, June 11, 2018 . Cleveland, Ohio. Walt Whitmer, Project Coordinator, Co-PI. Kathy . Brasier. , Professor of Rural Sociology, PI. Weston Eaton, Assistant Research Professor, Co-PI . Government of Bihar. Year. Rice. Wheat. Maize. Pulses. Food. Grain. 2010-11. 31.02. 50.94. 21.08. 4.67. 108.19. 2011-12. 81.87. 65.30. 24.86. 51.98. 177.62. 2012-13. 83.22. 61.74. 27.55. 54.27. 178.29.