1. 10-4 (B) Issues for Subsistence Farmers

2. This is one SEXY tractor!
Review:
What are the two main problems for commercial farmers?
1- Access to Markets
2 - Overproduction
This is one SEXY tractor!

3. Did You Forget Me Already???

4. I. Issues for Subsistence Farmers
A) Rapid population growth (Stage 2)
1) 50 years ago???
2) Intensify Production
- New Farming Methods
-Fields left “fallow” shorter periods of time

5. PLANTATION!!!! Review Question:
What type of commercial agriculture is most often found in LDC’s?
PLANTATION!!!!

6. B) International Trade
Good
Bad
70% of all of the world’s cocoa
comes from Africa.
Cocoa Tree

7. C) Drug Crops
Spatial Distribution of
Illegal Drugs Worldwide

11. II. Africa’s Food Supply Crisis

12. What was Malthus prediction?
Has that come true on a global scale?
No, in % of people in LDC’s were food insecure and by 1995 that number had dropped to 17%. The exception?
Subsaharan Africa!

13. A) Population Growth
Food supply HAS increased but population has increased quicker!

14. B) Especially severe in the Sahel and Horn of Africa

15. Because this region is so dry, most people were…
As population increased and the animal numbers increased over-grazing occurred leading to _________________.

16. B) Political Instability and Conflict

17. The End!