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Agriculture- the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber
Commercial Farming-the farming of products for sale off the farm and is most common in MDC’s
Subsistence Farming-produce the food that they need to survive on a daily basis most common in LDC’s
Hunting and Gathering – killing of wild game or collection of nuts, seeds, roots or plants that have not been cultivated for the purpose of sustenance
First Agricultural Revolution - dating back 10,000 years; achieved plant domestication and animal domestication
Vegetative Planting- removing part of a plant and putting it in the ground to grow a new plant
Seed Planting- taking the seeds from existing plants and planting them to produce new plants
Animal Domestication – genetic modification of an animal such that it is rendered more amenable to human control
Agricultural Hearths & Carl Sauer- Sauer believed humans had power over the environment and weren’t simply the product of their environment. Sauer also mapped out the agricultural origins of both vegetative planting and seed agriculture.
Agricultural Diffusion- Agriculture started in 3 areas of the world: Central America, NW South America, Western Africa, and SE Asia. It then spread all over the world through trade and travel.
Evolution of Crop Rotation Systems- Shifting cultivation and slash-and-burn farming all drain the nutrient out of the soil, so farmers came up with crop rotation. So for example, a farmer might plant corn one year then soybeans and the corn again; soybeans replace the nutrients corn takes out of the soil and vice –versa. This keeps the soil healthy and able to grow more crops. Second Agricultural Revolution – dovetailing with and benefitting from the Industrial Revolution, the second agriculture revolution witnessed improved methods of cultivation, harvesting and storage of farm products
Shifting cultivation – cultivation of crops in tropical rain forest
Commercial Farming-the farming of products for sale off the farm and is most common in MDC’s
Subsistence Farming-produce the food that they need to survive on a daily basis most common in LDC’s
Hunting and Gathering – killing of wild game or collection of nuts, seeds, roots or plants that have not been cultivated for the purpose of sustenance
First Agricultural Revolution - dating back 10,000 years; achieved plant domestication and animal domestication
Vegetative Planting- removing part of a plant and putting it in the ground to grow a new plant
Seed Planting- taking the seeds from existing plants and planting them to produce new plants
Animal Domestication – genetic modification of an animal such that it is rendered more amenable to human control
Agricultural Hearths & Carl Sauer- Sauer believed humans had power over the environment and weren’t simply the product of their environment. Sauer also mapped out the agricultural origins of both vegetative planting and seed agriculture.
Agricultural Diffusion- Agriculture started in 3 areas of the world: Central America, NW South America, Western Africa, and SE Asia. It then spread all over the world through trade and travel.
Evolution of Crop Rotation Systems- Shifting cultivation and slash-and-burn farming all drain the nutrient out of the soil, so farmers came up with crop rotation. So for example, a farmer might plant corn one year then soybeans and the corn again; soybeans replace the nutrients corn takes out of the soil and vice –versa. This keeps the soil healthy and able to grow more crops. Second Agricultural Revolution – dovetailing with and benefitting from the Industrial Revolution, the second agriculture revolution witnessed improved methods of cultivation, harvesting and storage of farm products
Shifting cultivation – cultivation of crops in tropical rain forest