CDAE 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mulch, Diesel Fuel, Social Capital
16 Apr 2019
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What percent of agriculture production in the us is exported: ~20-30% What are farming systems: a population of individual farm systems that have broadly similar resource bases, enterprise patterns, household livelihoods and constraints, and for which similar development strategies and interventions would be appropriate . What are some types of farming systems: organic, mountain, dairy, costal, ranching, large-scale, rain-fed, nomadic, small-scale, tropical, conventional, plantation, horticultural, tree fruit, mixed, agroforestry. What about a food system: takes product (food) from production to disposal. Comparing the us farm and food system to the rest of the world: 2012 census of agriculture. East has smaller farms: is the number of farms increasing or decreasing? (change in number of farms 2002-2007) Growth of farmer"s markets and csa (wealthier) Net increase +75,810: (change in number of farms 2007-2012) Number of small farms (less than 50 acres) decreasing. Us farms are largest in terms of acres on average globally.
