Types of Agriculture
Every site practicing this form of agriculture borders a sea. Olives and grapes are two of the most important cash crops.
What is Mediterranean Agriculture.
GMOs, fighting world hunger, and increased crop yields are associated with this revolution.
What is the Green Revolution or the Third Agricultural Revolution?
Small plots of land, large amounts of labor, near city centers
What is intensive?
The direction and frequency of migration depended on the movement of game and the seasonal growth of plants.
What is hunting and gathering?
Pollution is the harmful introduction of materials in the environment
The commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area that is well suited for semiarid or arid land.
What is Livestock Ranching?
Large amounts of land, small amount of labor, far from city centers
What types of countries (MDCs or LDCs) have a large amount of the labor force in agriculture?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
What is soil salinzation?
The process by which salts build up in the soil when water evaporates from the ground more rapidly than it is replenished
Extensive
Deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain
What is agriculture?
What agricultural revolution led to the highest levels of pollution in the envrionment?
The Green Revolution
______ increased the productivity of modern farming by increasing plants’ drought resistance and resistance to pests
What is Genetic engineering? (GMOS)
What type of agriculture is market gardening and mixed crop and livestock?
Intensive
Farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegetation and burning the debris.
What is Shifting Cultivation?
Logging, cattle grazing, agriculture