Types of Agriculture
This type of farming uses slash‑and‑burn techniques and depletes fields of their resources.
Shifting Cultivation
This term describes the global spread of crops and animals after 1492.
Columbian Exchange
This model explains agricultural land use in concentric rings around a central market.
Von Thünen model
The deliberate clearing of forested land for agricultural use.
Deforestation
This farming practice improves soil fertility and reduces the need for chemical fertilizers by alternating different crops on the same land each season.
Crop Rotation
Found in dry climates, this method relies on herding animals like goats, sheep, and camels.
Pastoral Nomadism
This region of the world benefited least from the Green Revolution due to lack of infrastructure and investment.
Sub-Saharan Africa
This ring contains highly perishable products like milk.
Dairy Ring
A crop grown primarily for sale rather than consumption.
Cash Crop
Large corporations that control multiple stages of food production are known as this.
Agribusinesses
A commercial farming system where a single crop is grown on a large scale, often in tropical regions.
Plantation Agriculture
This region of the world saw dramatic increases in wheat and rice production due to Green Revolution technologies.
South Asia
This rural settlement pattern features homes clustered together rather than spread out.
Nucleated Settlement
The seasonal movement of livestock between mountain and lowland pastures.
Transhumance
This practice involves growing multiple crops to reduce economic and environmental risk.
Diversification
This labor‑intensive practice involves growing crops on steps carved into hillsides.
Terracing
The Green Revolution heavily increased the use of these two inputs, raising environmental concerns.
Fertilizers and Pesticides
This land census system divides land into square townships and ranges.
Public Land Survey System (Rectangular Survey System)
The ratio of farmers to the total amount of arable land.
Agricultural Density
This type of market sells locally grown food directly to consumers.
Farmers' Market
A system where farmers raise crops and livestock together, often rotating fields and animals.
Mixed crop and livestock farming
This theory argues that population growth drives agricultural innovation.
Boserup's Theory
This type of land survey system uses long, narrow plots stretching back from rivers or roads. It might be seen in Quebec.
Long-lot System
The practice of raising animals in confined spaces to maximize output.
Feedlot Agriculture
This term describes when farmers specialize in a single crop, making them more vulnerable to market price changes.
Monocropping