Ag. Practices
This is a farming practice in which arable land is left unfarmed for one or more vegetative cycles.
What is fallow?
This Revolution is defined by biotechnologies such as herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. Alongside high-yield seeds and GMOs.
What is the Green Revolution?
This is located in the third ring of the Von Thunen Model
What are Grains - extensive agriculture?
The practice of companies relying heavily on one type of crop in agriculture is called this.
What is monocropping?
Living things—plants, animals, or microorganisms—whose DNA has been altered using biotechnology to introduce desirable traits, such as pesticide resistance, improved nutrition, or faster growth
What is GMO?
An agricultural system aimed at maximizing yields from a small area of land through high inputs of labor, capital, fertilizers, and technology
What is Intensive Agriculture?
The science, art, and business of cultivating high-value, intensive plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental shrubs
What is horticulture?
The shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to the domestication of plants and animals is called...
What is the first Agricultural Revolution (Neolithic Revolution)?
What did von Thünen assume about the physical landscape when creating his model?
What is an isotropic plane (no rivers or mountains and a consistent climate)?
The movement of chocolate production from the farmer to processing plants to the consumer encompasses many steps along this....
What is the global supply chain (or commodity chain)?
what percent of the workforce do women make up in the agricultural sector in LDCs?
~50%
points earned for +/- 5%
This is the name for agriculture that occupies a lot of space, bit does not require much capital or labor
What is Extensive Agriculture?
This new cropping method came out of the third agricultural revolution, allowing farmers to increase their crop yields by planting two, three, or four crops per year
What is crop rotation?
The green revolution saw the development of seeds that are engineered to produce significantly more harvest volume per plant than standard strains.
What are high-yield seeds?
This factor is the most influential in why certain agricultural types are located closer or further away from the market.
What is the cost of transportation?
A network of individuals who pledge support to a farming operation, sharing in the risks and benefits of food production. It strengthens the local food system, supports small-scale farming, reduces carbon footprints, and connects producers directly with consumers
What is community-supported agriculture?
The degradation of land in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, primarily caused by excessive crop planting, overgrazing, and deforestation, combined with climate change
What is desertification?
This is the controlled breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in freshwater or marine environments
What is aquaculture?
This agricultural practice is a conservation system where crops are planted on 4-6 inch high, permanent mounds and is meant to reduce soil erosion and enhance water drainage.
What is ridge tillage?
This event is defined by the relocation of domesticated animals, such as cattle, horses, pigs, and chickens, which were introduced to the Americas by European colonizers.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
What other theory is used to discuss the price of land and the distance from the market?
What is bid rent theory?
The comprehensive, integrated system of producing, processing, and distributing agricultural products, encompassing farming, farm machinery, seed/agrochemical manufacturing, and food processing
What is agribusiness?
The consequences of this practice include long-term deforestation, habitat loss, soil erosion, biodiversity reduction, and significant greenhouse gas emissions
What is Slash and Burn?
This is a geographic region, typically surrounding a city, that produces and supplies fresh milk to that specific community without it spoiling
What is a milkshed?
This practice includes the traditional, seasonal movement of livestock—such as sheep, cattle, and goats—between fixed summer (highland) and winter (lowland) pastures to maximize grazing efficiency.
What is Transhumance? (Pastoral Nomadism)
This Revolution is defined by the mechanization of farming that resulted in more reliable crop harvests and healthier populations in areas where the mechanization was adopted.
What is the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Why technology has allowed for the Von Thünen Model's expansion of its rings farther away from their original distance from the market?
What is refrigeration?
A system where consumers in mostly more developed countries purchase goods from producers mainly in less developed countries, with the intent to reduce the disparity in income between different regions
What is fair trade agriculture?
Living things—plants, animals, or microorganisms—whose DNA has been altered using biotechnology to introduce desirable traits, such as pesticide resistance, improved nutrition, or faster growth
What is GMO?
This is a commercial agricultural system common in the US Midwest and Europe, where crops are grown primarily to feed livestock on the same farm.
What is mixed crop and livestock farming?