Agriculture Practice

All farming that is done to produce food to feed the farmer's family or local community is known as...

• COMMERCIAL FARMING

• SUBSISTENCE FARMING

• INTENSIVE FARMING

• EXTENSIVE FARMING

Farming that produces high yields with smaller plots of land and require more labor and resources is known as...

• COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

• SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE

• INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

• EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

Farming that is done for profit is known as...

• COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

• SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE

• INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

• EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

Farming that requires more land to produce yields, and typically uses less human labor and resources per hectare is known as...

• COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

• SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE

• INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

• EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

This extensive subsistence farming practice, found in tropical regions of Latin America and Africa, involves farmers burning vegetation, and has led to deforestation:

• DAIRY FARMING

• COMMERCIAL GARDENING

• GRAIN FARMING

• SHIFTING CULTIVATION

This intensive commercial agricultural practice is found in developing regions of the world, and the farms are owned by food companies from developed countries. Bananas, cacao, and coffee often come from these farms:

• PLANTATION FARMING

• INTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE

• MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE

• LIVESTOCK RANCHING

Last class, we read about the Green Agricultural Revolution, and completed some notes as we read on its positive and negative impacts. Categorize the statements from the text below:

Groups:

(a) POSITIVE ECON. IMPACTS

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(b) POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS

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(c) NEGATIVE ECON IMPACTS

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(d) NEGATIVE ENV. IMPACTS

• Decreased biodiversity due to large-scale farming.

• Increased gender gap, as women are less likely to own farms in LDCs, thus are not getting the $.

• Decreased the price of food production, increasing people's access to food.

• Put greater econ. strain on cities as people have left farms.

• Higher yields led to a decrease in starvation and famine in LDCs.

• Increased use of pesticides and chemicals has damaged the land and water.

• Increased costs of farming equipment and resources for small-scale farmers.

• Increased investement and $ for education and farming companies in MDCs.

• Food production has kept up with population growth.