GCU 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Subsistence Agriculture, Crop Rotation, Shifting Cultivation
11 Nov 2015
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3 - study of agriculture has a long tradition in geography. 4 - major changes in agriculture worldwide over the last five decades. 5 - decline in number of people employed in farming (core and periphery) 6 - use of chemical, mechanical, biotechnological innovations (intensified farming) 7 - increasingly integrated into wider economic systems; more directly linked to manufacturing and finance. The way of life that is deeply embedded in the demands of agricultural production. Combination of science, art and business directed at the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance and profit. Activities whereby people feed themselves by killing wild animals and gathering fruits, roots, nuts, and other edible plants. A system in which agriculturalists consume most of that they produce. Domestication of animals and plants could enable them to settle in one place over time. They are all a part of social system. Rotating the fields within which cultivation occurs.
