1. AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH 20n CLASS NOTES 16o Commercialization and the Transformation of the Rural Sector

2. Byzantine Proverb (don’t have to write!!) He who has bread has many problems He who has no bread has only one problem

3. Commercial Agriculture Evol. Subsistence Feudalism Industrialization Imperialism – Seek Colonies & new land Suitable Environments & plentiful labor = New farm types

4. Making Money - Commercial Agriculture – - World markets for agricultural goods - Luxury Crops – - coffee, tea, tobacco

5. Cash Crops Non-subsistence Colonially imposed on poor countries Sugar, Cotton, Tobacco, Indigo, Rubber Plantation Agriculture – Cash Crop grown on large estates (monoculture) Poor countries need $ generated this way

6. World Agriculture

7. Areas of Commercial Agriculture 1. Dairying 2. Fruit Crops 3. Mixed livestock & Crop Farming 4. Commercial Grain Farming

8. Different Crops / Different Societies WORLD’S 2 KEY GRAIN CROPS 1. WHEAT = Grown on large estates = Mechanized methods = Wealthier countries 2. RICE = Smaller land plots = labor intensive = poorer countries

9. Important Crops NOT Easily Mapped ILLEGAL DRUGS Demand great in wealthy countries Profitable for poorer farmers to grow Poppy or Coca Plants HUGE source of revenue for Poor Countries

11. Coca Plant Poppy Plant

12. 3 rd Agricultural Revolution Age of Biotechnology Agribusiness – Large scale, mechanized industrial agriculture controlled by corporate interests Suitcase Farm – Grain farm no one lives on

14. Agribusiness Corporations

15. The Green Revolution (farming) Higher yield crops for developing countries Rice, wheat, corn Adv. Farming technologies = Increased Production Narrow gap between pop growth and food need (Malthus)

22. CA Bill Defeated

23. Pepperdine University's poll shows a once-wide lead tightening rapidly. Pepperdine University