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Subsistence Farming

Subsistence Farming. World-wide most farmers are subsistence-growing just enough to feed their families. They find building material and fuel in the natural environment-no cash economy Small fields-intensive farming on land they often don ’ t own.

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Subsistence Farming

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  1. Subsistence Farming • World-wide most farmers are subsistence-growing just enough to feed their families. • They find building material and fuel in the natural environment-no cash economy • Small fields-intensive farming on land they often don’t own. • Methods and tools used are generally very low tech. • Found in South & Central America, Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia

  2. On the Greek island of Crete, a peasant plows a field with a donkey

  3. Shifting Agriculture-Slash & Burn, Patch or Milpa • Tropical areas-red soil is heavily leached. • Plot of land is cleared by burning-ash replenishes soil. • A type of crop rotation-tubers in warm tropics, grains in humid subtropics, fruit in cooler regions. • Not nomadic-central village with parcels of land worked in succession • Conserves forests & soil, requires organization

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