Types of Agricultural Practices in the World Activity
What type of agricultural activity is depicted in each of the slides?
Look each of these concepts up… Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated? Labor/people vs money Lots of land/machines/capit al vs little land Profit vs hand-to- mouth Stay put vs moving with herd (transhumance) System of watering, mechanical or other vs not
Cattle Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Wheat Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Rice Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Bananas Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Vegetables Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Fishing Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Pigs Labor intensive vs. capital intensive? Intensive vs extensive land use? Commercial vs. subsistence? Sedentary vs. nomadic? Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Von Thunen’s View on Land Use Using Bid Rent Theory
The Von Thünen Model
…applying von Thunen’s basic assumptions …von Thunen’s model with Variations in climate factored in--the north is colder than the South.
United States Urban Centers
% Lacking Supermarket Access Darker region represents 50% or more lack convenience of supermarket
Market gardens are close to urban centers.
Agricultural landscape In the Eastern Hemisphere fragmented farms are the rule –Farmers live in farm villages or hamlets –Fields are situated at varying distances and directions from the settlement –One farm can consist of one hundred or more separate parcels of land –In Asia and southern Europe individual plots may be roughly rectangular –Narrow strips are most common in Western and central Europe
Agricultural landscape Long-lot farms –A landholding consisting of a long, narrow unit-block stretching back from a road, river, or canal –Typical in the Canadian maritimes, parts of Quebec, and parts of Texas.
The township and range system imposed a rectangular grid on the landscape.