Types of Agriculture

A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Intensive Subsistence

• Shifting Cultivation

• Plantation

A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Intensive Subsistence

• Shifting Cultivation

• Plantation

A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specialized in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Intensive Subsistence

• Shifting Cultivation

• Plantation

A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for a relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Intensive Subsistence

• Shifting Cultivation

• Plantation

Rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth

• Pastoral Nomadism

• Intensive Subsistence, Wet Rice

• Shifting Cultivation

• Plantation

Commercial farming characterized by integration of crops and livestock; most of the crops are fed to animals rather than consumed directly by humans

• Mixed Crop and Livestock

• Dairying

• Grain

• Ranching

A form of commercial agriculture that specializes in the production of milk and other dairy products

• Mixed Crop and Livestock

• Dairying

• Grain

• Ranching

Seed of a cereal grass

• Mixed Crop and Livestock

• Dairying

• Grain

• Ranching

A form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area

• Mixed Crop and Livestock

• Dairying

• Grain

• Ranching

Focuses on horticulture (fruits, vegetables, flowers) for human consumption

• Mixed Crop and Livestock

• Dairying

• Mediterranean

• Commercial Gardening