Hum Geo chap 13

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Pastoral nomandism

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Pastoral nomandism

People(most probably farmers) travel place to place in drylands like in drylands like north africa

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Shifting cultivation

farmers form tropical climates move from field to field

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Plantation

A large commercial farm for one crop usually in tropical areas

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Mixed crop/Livestock farming

crops that mainly fed to livestock to fatten them up and use their waste as fertilizer

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Grain farming

Growing wheat in dry places

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Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado grow what type of wheat?

These three states grow winter wheat (planted in the fall picked in the summer)

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Montana, South dakota, north dakota, and parts of canada grow ___ wheat.

These states grow Spring wheat, planted in spring picked in fall.

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______ are the worlds top producers in wheat

China india and russia...

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Commercial gardening/market gardening/truck farming

Products usually for canning or freezing, lettuce, tomatos, broccolis, oranges and apples.

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a consequence of dairy farming

dairy production increases while the number of farms decrease

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Mediterranean agriculture

practiced in regions with hot dry summers and mild winters in narrow valleys, figs and olives are grown.

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Transhumance

the seasonal herding of animals in a confined specific area

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This agricultural region often practices Transhumance

Mediterranean agriculture often practices...

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Live stock ranching

commercial grazing of animals a confined specific area

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Extensive farming includes...

nomadic herding, ranching and shifting cultivation

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Intensive land use

involves greater input of capital/paid labor in relation to the intensive farming of that area.

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Double cropping

the planting and harvesting on the same land twice a year

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inter-cropping

farmers grow two or more crops simultaneously on the same field

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agribusiness

the fusing of various types of production in the food processing industry

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Supply chain

The system of producer transportstion, communication train, resources, and consumers.

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Mono culture

Raising a single cash crop on large areas of land

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Suitcase farm

Farmers who live nearby work there but dont live there

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Commodity chain

a process used by corporations to gather reasources and then transform them into good to seel to consumers

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Luxury crops

Expensive tropical foods that arent neccissary for survivial

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Neocolonialism

the use of economic, political and social pressures to control former colonies.

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fair trade movement

A movement that tries to create awareness of the disparity between high incomes and low incomes in develope dand developing countries and promote higher incomes for more sustainable farming practices

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