ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pest Control
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Mode of livelihood that involves growing crops on permanent plots with the use of plowing, irrigation and fertilizer. Continuous use of the same land and resources intensification involves the use of techniques that allow the same plot of land to be used repeatedly without losing its fertility. Relies on the use of domesticated animals for plowing, transportation and organic fertilizer either in the form of manure or composted materials. So the world"s stock of indigenous knowledge about agriculture is deciding rapidly in many cases it has been completely lost, along with the cultures and languages associated with it two types of agriculture. Farmers produce mainly to support themselves and also produce goods for sale in the market system. More common in countries like mexico, india, poland and. May be more or less closely linked to urban markets. May be poor and indebted or wealthy and powerful.
