PPT-Subsistence vs. Commercial Agriculture

What would you do if you could not afford food Agriculture farming Defined as the growing of crops and raising of livestock Prior to farming how did people get food Hunting and gathering Two Types of Agriculture. LDCs. ?. C10K2. Objectives. Shifting Cultivation. Pastoral . Nomadism. Intensive Subsistence Agriculture. Plantation Farming. Shifting Cultivation?. Where? . Practiced . in Humid Low-Latitude (high temps & abundant rainfall) South America, Central/West Africa, & SE Asia. AGRICULTURE. INTRO . Sharp contrast between U.S./Canada and much of . the rest of the world (what is it?). How farmers deal with their physical environment varies according to:. Dietary preferences. Subsistence. Subsistence:. Types of Subsistence Strategies. Food Collectors. Food Producers. Horticulturalists. Pastoralists. Intensive (and mechanized) . agricultualists. Variation of Food-Getting . Write this somewhere on your sheet. Socioeconomic—. Social or economic factors that affect the lives of average, working people in a country. (I think this gave a lot of you trouble on your FRQ’s). AGRICULTURE: . 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 . Chapter 4. W. Stephen Damron. Introduction to Animal Science:. Global, Biological, Social, and Industry Perspectives. Learning Objectives. After studying this chapter, you should be able to:. identify the broad types of agricultural production systems found worldwide. . 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 . Approximately 10,000 years ago humans stopped relying on hunting/gathering techniques and started to grow their own food (farming).. Today the most common method of gathering food is going to the store or market and purchasing what you need and want.. Agriculture. . is . deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through . cultivation of plants. and . rearing of animals. to obtain . sustenance. or . economic gain. .. Origins of agriculture cannot be documented with certainty, because it . Economic issues of commercial farmers. Access to markets. Overproduction. Sustainable agriculture. Economic issues of subsistence farmers. Population growth. International trade. Increasing food supply. intensify production . by leaving land fallow for shorter periods.. adopt new . farming methods.. Ester . Boserup. In order to farm land more efficiently,. plows must be used.. more weeding must take place.. Learning . Objectives: Subsistence Unit. 1. Identify the subsistence patterns found in human societies. 2. Identify the cultural characteristics of a society that might be inferred from knowing the society’s subsistence patterns. Shifting cultivation. Characteristics of shifting cultivation. Future of shifting cultivation. Pastoral . nomadism. Characteristics of pastoral nomadism. Future of pastoral nomadism. Intensive subsistence agriculture. Unit 5: Agriculture Part II: How did Agriculture change with Industrialization? Farming in America T he elimination of the von Thunen Model with Commercial AG Key Issue: Agriculture in Developed