1. Announcements! Test: Wednesday! Tutorials—Wednesday @ 6:45AM
You’ll need a sheet of paper (or two) for today! 

2. Living in South Asia

3. Agriculture 60% are in agriculture (India/ Bangladesh)
Mostly subsistence farming
Large use of animal power
Plowing, waterwheels, work of tractor
Dependent on rainfall

6. Agriculture Terracing in the highlands Fruit orchards in Pakistan
Rice in Bangladesh/India
Small farms in India
Huge tea/rubber/coconut plantations in Sri Lanka (thanks to Europe)
S.L. now has to import many foods

9. Green Revolution Since 1960s: want to increase and diversify crops
Diversify crops, monitor irrigation, introduction of new fertilizers.
India can now store and export grains
Monsoons, though, interrupt cycles & modernization costs $$$ (debt) damages environment w/pesticides

11. Industries
India’s economy- after independence in 1947  socialist (more govn’t control)
Expanded home industry to be self-sufficient (slow growth for decades)
But in 1990s, economic crisis led to market economy consumerism skyrocketed (2nd to U.S.)

12. Industries Textiles is huge (38 million workers)
Grew out of history of cottage industries (employ workers in home)
Gandhi used spinning wheel as symbol of strength & independence for India

14. Industries Mining and fishing are still prevalent
Petroleum in Pak., graphite in S.L.
Bang. = commercial fishers vs. local
Iron & steel are major heavy industries
Ship Breaking dismantle and melt down old ships

15. Chittagong, Bangladesh

16. Industries
High-Technology Sector- computer, communications, aerospace, software
Bangalore & Hyderabad= “India’s Silicon Valley”
India is 2nd largest exporter of software

17. Outsourcing/Offshoring
Transfer of management or production to another country
Lower labor & energy costs
Efficient land use
Foundations for global expansion
India is known for call centers, but that is w/ higher education.

18. Tourism Come to hike, hunt in Himalayas
See India’s temples & festivals (millions of ppl per year)
But religious and political violence is causing a drop in tourism (Sri Lanka, Kashmir)
Some restrict tourists to preserve environ.
Bhutan ( <5,000 tourist visas ea. year)

19. Gross Domestic Product
What’s the Problem?
Labor Force of India
Agriculture: 60%
Industry: 12%
Services: 28%
Gross Domestic Product
Agriculture: 20%
Industry: 19%
Services: 61%