Commercial Agriculture
Subsistence Farming
Shifting Cultivation
Plantation
Pastoral Nomadism
Livestock ranching
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Commercial Grain Farming
Dairy Farming
What are the characteristics of tropical and subtropical climates?
~ High temperatures
~ abundant rainfall
~ humidity
~ high amounts of vegetation
Mediterranean
Which types of agriculture are typical to tropical and subtropical climates?
Shifting cultivation & Plantation
What are the characteristics of drylands / desserts?
~ High temperatures
~ Little rainfall
~ Mountainous
~ Little vegetation
Which types of agriculture are typical to drylands / desserts?
Pastoral Nomadism & livestock ranching
What are the characteristics of temperate climates?
~ Seasonal changes between summers and winters
~ Moderate temperatures
~ Moderate rainfall
Which types of agriculture are typical to temperate climates?
~ Mixed crop & livestock
~ Commercial grain farming
~ Commercial (market) gardening
~ Dairy
~ Mediterranean
Green Revolution
Spread high yield varieties (e.g. GMOs and Hybrids) of crops around the world. (Example: New varieties of plants from MDCs replace traditional crops in places like Mexico and India in the 1950s - 1960s)
What issue did the green revolution start?
Global warming issue with the burning of fossil fuels
What caused the Green Revolution?
~ Population growth in the developing regions of the world
~ Normal Borlaug - Researcher that travelled to Mexico to improve agriculture in developing countries
