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GEOGRAPHY OF AGRICULTURE
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INTRODUCTION DEFINITION RECENT TRENDS TYPES OF AGRICULTURE
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION (SC) –TROPICAL FORESTS –SOIL FERTILITY LOW
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –SC MAINTAINS SOIL FERTILITY –BY ROTATING THE FIELDS –NOT CROP ROTATION –A VARIETY OF CROPS
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE INTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –A SMALL PARCEL OF LAND UTILIZED FOR MAXIMUM YIELD –CONSIDERABLE USE OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL LABOUR –PEASANTS – FAMILY LABOR
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –OTEN ‘TRADITIONAL’ TOOLS (E.G. PLOW)
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –HEAVY USE OF MANURE/FERTILIZER
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –INTENSIVE USE OF HILL- SLOPES
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –DOUBLE CROPPING IN SOME PLACES –CAN SUPPORT LARGE POPULATIONS –PARTLY REFLECTS HIGH POPULATION DENSITIES –RICE AND OTHER GRAINS DOMINATE
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE PASTORALISM –BREEDING AND HERDING OF ANIMALS –USUALLY IN DESERTS, GRASSLANDS AND LIGHTLY WOODED GRASSY PLAINS –PARTS OF AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA.
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –TWO VARIANTS: SEDENTARY PASTORALISM AND NOMADIC –GRAZING OF CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, CAMELS, ETC. –TRANSHUMANCE
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TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE –PRACTICE OF BARTER –MAY CULTIVATE CROPS –IN DECLINE
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE WHAT IS INDUSTRIAL- COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE? –IMPORTANCE OF FARM CHANGED –RELATION TO CAPITALISM –CONCENTRATION OF MEANS OF PRODUCTION
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIALIZ- ATION INVOLVES: –MACHINES VS HUMAN AND ANIMAL LABOR –INCREASING USE OF INDUSTRIAL INPUTS (E.G. GM SEEDS; CHEMICAL FERTILZERS) –SUBSTITUTES
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE UNEVENNESS OF INDUSTRIALIZ- ATION OF AGRICULTURE GREEN REVOLUTION AS AN EXAMPLE OF –INDUSTRIALIZED COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE –WHAT IS THE GR? –BORLAUG –WHY PEACE PRIZE?
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE –POSITIVE EFFECTS YIELD INCREASE>FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE FARMERS INCOME INCREASE LABORERS’ BENEFITS –PRODUCTIVITY –DOUBLE CROPPING –SPIN-OFF EFEFCTS (REPAIRS) HENCE GREEN REVOLUTION
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE NEGATIVE EFFECTS –ECOLOGICAL VULNERABILITY OF NEW SEEDS TO PESTS WATER LOGGING LOW RATIO OF PRODUCTION PER WATER USE REDUCTION IN ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (A FEW VARIETIES OF RICE)
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE CHEMICAL POLLUTION OF LAND AND WATER PHYSICAL DISABILITY DUE TO FAULTY MACHINES, EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDES, ETC.
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE SOCIAL-ECONOMIC –LARGER FARMERS BENEFIT MORE –SMALLER FARMERS IN DEBT –REVERSE TENANCY AND CAPITALIST FARMING
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE –LABOUR REPLACEMENT –WOMEN WOMEN FORCED TO WORK AS LABOURERS
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHICALLY UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT –WHEAT AND RICE, ETC. NOT GROWN EVERYWHERE –LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN POOR COUNTRIES (E.G. IN AFRICA)
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THE INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE –INTRA-COUNTRY INEQUALITY AND THE STATE’S SPATIAL STRATEGY
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LOCATIONAL PATTERN OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE GENERAL PRINCIPLE UNDERLYING LANDUSE
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VON THUNEN’S AGRICULTURAL LOCATION THEORY –ASSUMPTIONS
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LOCATIONAL PATTERN OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE –RESULTS CROP THEORY INTENSITY THEORY –REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
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ASSESSMENT
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SHOULD VON THUNEN THEORY BE ‘MADE TO BE WRONG’?
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