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Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Agriculture • Most common • 250,000 Hunters & Gatherers • Allows for… • Settlement • Development • Civilization
Agriculture • Commercial Farming • Market • Subsistence • Only enough
Agriculture • Origin • Carl Sauer • Vegetative Planting • Not seeds / Parts of plants • SE Asia • Separation / Replanting • Diffusion • China, Japan, Africa, SW Asia, etc
Agriculture • Origin • Andes / West Africa • Physical barriers
Seed Agriculture • Plants from seeds • Improvement • Higher yield
Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Quiz Ferret! Where does Carl Sauer believe the first hearth of agricultural practices is located?
Quiz Ferret! SE Asia using vegetative planting!
1st Revolution • Agriculture / Neolithic Revolution • 12,000 years • Domestication • Hunter / Gatherer • Stationary • Independent Development
Agricultural Revolution • W India • Wheat / Barley • SW Asia • Barley, Wheat, Animals • Sheep, Goats • Northern China • Millet • S Mexico • Squash / Corn
Agriculture • Northern Peru • Cotton • Squash • Bean
Industrial Revolution • 2nd Agricultural Revolution • Enclosure Movement • Land Divided • Wealthier Individuals • Ownership of Land
Industrial Revolution • Social Changes • Move to cities • Jobs • Improved Transportation • New forms of energy
Industrial Revolution • New Technologies • Horses • Collars • Field Drainage • Irrigation • Storage • Understanding Soil Nutrients • Crop Rotation
Industrial Revolution • Selective Breeding • Plants and Animals
Industrial Revolution • 1800’s • Globalization / Industrialization • Increased food supply • Agricultural Production / Fertilizers • Pesticides • Farming / Food production • Specialization • From farm to factory
Industrialization • Crops raised / processed / distributed • Milk • 1700’s • 1900’s
Agribusiness • Modern Food Production • Large Corporate farms • Own most or all parts of production • Seed -> Marketing and selling of produce
Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Green Revolution • 1950’s – Present • Norman Borlaug • Hybrid Seeds / Fertilizers • Maximize output • Help others support populations • Mexico • India
Green Revolution • Wheat / Maize / Rice • Pesticides and Fertilizers • World Hunger • Grain production increased45%
Green Revolution • Africa • Problems • Greater inequality • Inadequate resources
Green Revolution • Problems • Pollution • Greater use of energy • Pesticides • Water • Diversity in seed strands
Bio-Revolution • Genetic Modification • GMO’s • Improve production • Genetic Engineering • Faster / larger / Pesticides / Drought Resistance
Bio-Revolution • Animals • Meat • Milk
Bio-Revolution • Support • Output • Reduce Cost • Fertilizer • More food for growing world
Bio-Revolution • Criticism • Crop disease • Genetic Diversity • More pesticides • Push out small farmers
Quiz Ferret! Who was the American scientist who started the Green Revolution?
Quiz Ferret! Norman Borlaug!
Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Unit 5 Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Agricultural Practices • Subsistence • Commercial
Subsistence Agriculture • Less Developed Nations • Provide for family • Three Types • Shifting • Intensive Subsistence • Pastoralism
Subsistence Agriculture • Shifting Cultivation • Three Field System • Rotate Fields • Nutrients Replenished • Tropical Regions • Africa, Amazon River, SE Asia
Subsistence Agriculture • Thin top soil • Nutrient Depletion • Heavy Rains • Slash and Burn Agriculture • Clear land • Swidden • Labor intensive • Large amounts of Land
Subsistence Agriculture • Slash and Burn • Many types of seed • Reduce crop failure risk • Environmental Issues • Land cannot recover • Cause permanent damage
Subsistence Agriculture • Intensive Subsistence • Heavily populated areas • Not much land • China, India, SE Asia • Terraced Farming
Subsistence Agriculture • Intensive • Rice • Rainfall • Wheat, corn, millet • Double Cropping • Multiple crops in one field
Subsistence Agriculture • Pastoralism • Breeding and herding • Not hospitable for crops • Grasslands, deserts, steppes • Sedentary • Living in one place • Nomadic • Roaming
Subsistence Agriculture • Pastoralism • Cows, Sheep, Goats, Camels • Animal meat not usually for consumptions • Use animals for fur, milk, and to trade • N Africa, Central / S Africa, ME, Central Asia (Mongolia) • Nomads move with cattle • Cool highlands = summer • Warm lowlands = winter • Transhumance
Quiz Ferret! Which category of agricultural practice is most likely found in LDC?
Quiz Ferret! Subsistence!