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Rural Land-Use - Coggle Diagram
Rural Land-Use
Subsistence vs Commercial
Subsistence Agriculture
Small scale
Provide for their own family/ local community
Lack capital, technology, land productivity and availability so cannot easily increase output
Grow variety of crops for their own needs
Same land is used over and over
Soil is often infertile and unproductive
Labour intensive
This photo was taken at a farm outside of Queenstown
Commercial Agriculture
May be done small scale(intensive) or large scale(extensive)
A business trying to make a profit
Use capital to maximize yield
Modern machinery and technology
May only grow 1 crop(monoculture
Leave fields unfarmed for 3-4 years allowing soil to become fertile again by planting legumes
this photo was taken at a wine farm in sir Lowry's pass
Labour vs Mechanized/capital Intensive farming
Labour Intensive Farming
Large amounts of human labour in order to take care of more land quicker to make a greater output
More labour than capital
Cheaper but less effective
Mechanized/capital Intensive Farming
Large amount of capital
Machines are used to maximize output
More expensive
Intensive vs extensive land use
Intensive land use
Intensive wine farming at Idiom wine farms Western Cape
the amount of capital invested per unit area is high.
the amount of produce per unit area is higher.
Small areas of land are used to their maximum "potential."
Extensive land use
large scale farming is done on a large plot of land.
The land is usually less fertile so larger areas are needed to sustain farming methods.
small amounts of capital and labour are invested in relation to the size of the plot of land.
this photo was taken outside of Reviersondereind
