APHG Agriculture- deliberate modification of Earth's surface through the rearing of animals of cultivation of plants
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Climate
Crop
First Agricultural Rev.- apx. 10,000 years ago?, humans figured out how to plant seeds, agriculture began, has many hearths, allowed humans to settle, started S1 of DTM, China, India, Peru, Mexico, Middle East (animals first domesticated)
2nd Agri. Rev.- occured in 1750s-1850s,
3rd Agri. Rev.- 1950s to present, GMOs, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides
Hearths of Agri.-
Subsistence- primarily producing for consumtion by family/grower, LDCs
Intensive
Intensive Subsistence Wet Rice Dom.
Intensive Subsistence Not Wet Rice Dominant
Shifting Cultuivation
Pastoral Nomadism
Transhumance
Commercial- produces primarily for sell and to make money, most likely in MDCs
Plantation
Crop Rotation
Mediterranean
Commercial Gardening-
Desertification
Salinization
Livestock
Sawah
Swidden
Organic Farming
Agribusiness- seed to supermarket, relation of commercial farming to business
Von Thunen Model- shows where farms locate based on transportation, perishability, and land rents
1st Ring- Horticulture/Dairy-
2nd- Forestry-
3rd- Crop Rotation
4th- Mixed Crop and Livestock-Mostly MDCs, most crops (CORN) grown for livestock consumption, money made from livestock, 4th ring of Von Thunen,
5th- Ranching- commercial grazing of livestock over a large area, not labor intensive
Extensive Use- using large amounts of agricultural land to produce food, inefficient, MDCs, low agri. density
GMOs
Global Food Trade
Gov. Policies
Milkshed-
Domestication
Aquafarming
Overfishing
Fishing
Ranching- commercial grazing of livestock over a large area, not labor intensive
Mixed Crop and Livestock- Mostly MDCs, most crops (CORN) grown for livestock consumption, money made from livestock, 4th ring of Von Thunen, usually mechanized
Dairying
Grain-
Truck Farming
Food Security
Double Cropping
Globalization- the trend of the increasing interaction between people/companies on a worldwide scale due to advances in transportation and communication technology, figurative shrinking of the world, due to space-time compression
Corn Belt- US, where most corn is grown, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, some Michigan & South Dakota & Minnesota & Indianna
Soybean Belt- in US, where majority of soybeans are grown, same area as corn belt (crop rotation)
AFO- Animal Feeding Operation, animals/livestock confined in an area without vegetation , ex: Cow Farm, chicken farm
CAFO- Concentrated Feeding Operation, more pollution, larger, ex: very large, industrial chicken farm