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AGRICULTURE (- (TRADITTIONAL FARMING (Dependency on manual and animal …
AGRICULTURE
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HUMAN FACTOR
Irrigation and greenhouses
Chemical and biological techniques
Mechanization
NATURAL FACTORS
Soil
Landscape
Climate
TRADITTIONAL FARMING
Dependency on manual and animal
labour.
Focus on subsistence and self-
consumption.
Limited mechanization.
Extensive polyculture.
Low productivity.
MECHANIZED/COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
Less manual labour.
Specialization/monocultures.
High mechanization.
Focus on commerce.
Use of irrigation, greenhouses chemicals and biological techniques.
TYPES OF FARMING
.
Dry vs irrigation
Dry
Non-irrigated crops.
Water only by rain.
Irrigation
Irrigated crops.
Use of infrastructure to move the water.
Extensive vs intensive
Extensive
Mechanization.
Only one harvest.
Large area cultivated.
Less chemical damage to soil.
Intensive
Chemicals and biological techniques.
Several harvest a year.
Small area farmed.
PLANTATIONS
.
"Cons"
Profit goes to the companies not to the countries.
Enviromental impact.
Explotation of workers.
"Pros"
Creates infraestructures.
Introduces new farming techniques to the country.
Creates jobs.
Usually in undeveloped countries.
Specialized in "cash crops".
Controlled by foreign companies.
Large scale farm.
Monocultures with intensive farming.