GGR287H5 Lecture Notes - Yurt, Protein Quality, Tillage
Document Summary
Basic characteristics: small-scaled production several different kinds of crops & animals primarily for family consumption rather than sale. 1. burning down the forest to get subsistent agriculture problem is that there is no incentive since the quality of the soil is poor, no point in staying in the same plot of land. Brazil, indonesia, germany, sweden, finland, belgium, netherlands aka slash & burn agriculture moving animals around to create high quality proteins. ): animal fibres (wood, leather, sinews, etc. ) from his flocks : pastoral nomadism few other things (wood, rudimentary sedentary tillage. Norway 1900s, tibet early 20th century don"t get very high yields, life style of poor rural regions. ), occasional surplus draft animals bring some variety (meat, milk, egg, blood) in diet source of (low quality) by-productions (skin, fibers) insurance against crop failure. 1. slopes, valleys, etc. good against specific diseases & localized weather events, not so much against droughts,
