Subsistence And Commercial Agriculture

Question 0

What’s commercial agriculture

Answer 0

Production of food primarily for sale off the farm

Question 1

What’s subsistence agriculture

Answer 1

Production of food for consumption in the farmers family

Question 2

Who identified agricultural region

Answer 2

Telegrapher deferent whittlesey 1936

Question 3

Whittlesey identified —- agricultural regions, plus an area where ——

Answer 3

11 and an area where agriculture is nonexistent

Question 4

Whittseley’s agricultural regions are divided between —- that are important in LDCs and —– that are important in mdcs

Answer 4

5 and 6

Question 5

Predominant agriculture in Middle East

Answer 5

Pastoral nomadism

Question 6

Predominant agriculture in

Central Africa

Answer 6

Shifting cultivation

Question 7

What factors explain agricultural differences

Answer 7

Climate

Cultural preferences

Question 8

Where are hogs avoided

Answer 8

Muslim regions

Question 9

Where is wine production not

Answer 9

Low in Africa and Asia because on alcohol avoidance

Question 10

Five principal features distinguish commercial agriculture from subsistence agriculture

Answer 10

Purpose of farming, 
Percentage of farmers in labor force
Use of machinery
Farm size
Relationship of farming to other business

Question 11

Purpose of farming subsistence

Answer 11

Owns consumption with some surplus sold to government or private firms

Question 12

Purpose of farming commercial

Answer 12

Primarily for sale off farm rather than for own consumption

Sold to food processing companies - General Mills and kraft sign contracts for grain, chickens, cattle, other to be made into products

Question 13

Percentage of farmers in labor force LDCs

Answer 13

50% in LDCs

Question 14

Percentage of farmers in labor force mdcs

Answer 14

5%

Question 15

Percentage of farmers USA

Answer 15

2%

Question 16

Yet, the percentage of farmers in USA and Canada produce enough for

Answer 16

Themselves and more

Question 17

When did percentage of farmers decrease in mdcs

Answer 17

20th century

Question 18

Both ——- and——- factors contributed to the decline of farmers in mdcs

Answer 18

Push and pull

Question 19

Push factor: farms

Answer 19

Pushed off of farms by lack of opportunity to earn decent income

Question 20

Pull: farms in mdcs

Answer 20

Pulled to higher pang jobs in urban areas

Question 21

Why can mdcs produce so much food

Answer 21

Rely on machinery to do work rather than people and animals

Question 22

1770 first what machinery

Answer 22

First iron plow

Question 23

what machinery was developedp help farmers

Answer 23

Tractors combines corn pickets

Question 24

19th century important transportation improvement

Answer 24

Railroads

Question 25

Twentieth century important transportation improvement

Answer 25

Highways and trucks

Question 26

Commercial farms use--- advantages to increase productivity

Answer 26

Scientific

Question 27

What science has helped farmers

Answer 27

``` New fertilizers Herbicides Hybrid plants Animal breeds Farming practices ```

Question 28

How does electronics help farmers

Answer 28

GPS - determine precise coordinates for spreading different types and amounts of fertilizers - monitor location of cattle Satellite imagery - crop progress Yield monitors - attached to combines to determine precise number of bushels harvested

Question 29

Farm size commercial

Answer 29

Large especially in USA and Canada

Question 30

Us farm average

Answer 30

180 hectares | 449acres

Question 31

Most commercial farms are owned by

Answer 31

Family owned and operated

Question 32

How do commercial farms expand their holdings

Answer 32

Renting nearby fields

Question 33

How do commercial pay for farms

Answer 33

Rent banks and repay after output is sold

Question 34

Amount of farmers ----- | Land devoted to agriculture ----

Answer 34

Decreases | Increases

Question 35

Prime agricultural land

Answer 35

Most productive farmland in USA

Question 36

Why farmland is decreasing

Answer 36

Urban sprawl

Question 37

Commercial ties to other business

Answer 37

Strong ties

Question 38

Agribusiness

Answer 38

The system of commercial farming found in the USA and other mdcs

Question 39

Why is it called agribusiness

Answer 39

The family farm is not an isolated activity but integrated into a large food producing industry

Question 40

Agribusiness includes

Answer 40

Tractor manufacturing Fertilizer production Seed distribution.