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when did food trade increase rapidly

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21st century

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who was the only major food impoting region before ww2

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europe

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who is the leading importer of food now

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japan

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who is the leading exporter of grain

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the us

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what determines who does cash cropping and who does subsistence farming in developing countries

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gender roles

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who is the source of 90 % of the worlds opium

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afganistan

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what could pioneers do during the Industrial Revolution

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cultivate unhabited land

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recently, how fast has the population increased

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faster than ag land

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von thunen model

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shows the influence of proximity to urban markets in the form of ag practiced on a piece of land

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what does expanding urban areas contribute to

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reducing ag land

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pastoral nomads

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a form of ag that is adapted to dry lands but effective only at low population densities

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desertification

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human actions that cause land to deteriorate to a desert-like conditions

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whats another name for desertification

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semarid land degradation

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why to people move away from sahel in norther africa

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it suffers from droughts and there is a lack a food due to that

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second ag revolution

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-started in the UK in the 1600s
-increased productivity
-improvement of crop rotations and breeding livestock

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ester boserup

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says that population growth influences types of subsistence farming distribution

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what does boserup say about subsistence farmers adapting

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they adapt to growing populations 2 ways
-adapt to new farming methods
-land is left fallow for shorter periods

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what are the 5 stages in reduction of fallow farmland

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-forest fallow
-bush fallow
-short fallow
-annual cropping
-multi cropping

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forest fallow

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fields are cleared and used for 2 years, left fallow for 20 years

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bush fallow

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fields are cleared and used for 8 years, left fallow for 10 years

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short fallow

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fields are cleared and used for maybe two years, left fallow for 2 years

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annual cropping

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fields are used every year, rotated between legumes and roots

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multi cropping

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fields are used seeral times a year, never left fallow

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how is fallowing practiced under shifting cultivation

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fields are used for a few years then left fallow for 20 or more years. this supports small populations living at low density

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green revolution (3rd ag revolution)
-introduced higher yeilding seeding -increased fertilizer usage -machinery is needed
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gmos
a living organism that posses a novel combo of genetic material. they were changed to resit bugs, survive in more elements, etc
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why are gmos strongly opposed in africa
-health problems -export problems -increased dependence on USA
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gmo labeling
some countries require amos to be labeled and let people choose with knowledge
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organic farming (organic agriculture)
farming that depending on the use of naturally occurring products and prohibits synthetics. crops are grown without herbicides and pesticides
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sustainable land management
in the USA farms are more likely to be water logged
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conservation tillage
reduces soil erosion and runoff. no tillage leaves soil undisterbed and ridge tillage plants crops ridge tops
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ag and water in california
grow rapid despite lack of water -surface water -ground water
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government policies
USA has 3 policies to improve farmer's finances: -avoid crops in excess supply, plant fallow crops, and sell -will pay farmers for certain law commodities -buy surplus and detanates/ sells it to foreign govnts
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services in rural settlements
-clustered rural settlments: ag based community with close families -dispersed rural settlement: live on isolated individual farms
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circular
open space surrounded by structures, woman construct, livestock in center, seen in africa
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linear
buildings along road or river, feild are longest rips, in quebec
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cludered (new england settlements)
colonial
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dispersed rural settlements
isolated forms, more common in US, colonies don't mix
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enclosure movement
resulted in consolodation of individual strips of land
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components of commercial ag
-purpose: profit -% of farmers in labor force: low bc technology -farm size: bigger -relationship to other businesses: very connected
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components of subsistence ag
-purpose: feed family/village -% of farms in labor force: bigger bc labor intesive work -farm size: small (except nomadic heading) -relationship to other businesses: very little other than local markets
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agribusiness
-direct connections between growing and processing (ex. tysons or perdue own poultry barns on a farmers land and the processing plant that turns the chickens into nuggets) -strong government influences -large corperations own farms instead of family
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extensive subsistence
-lots of land (ex. pastoral nomadism, transhumans) -shifting cultivation(slash and burn)=cleared land is swidden -frequently using intertillage, or mingling of large crops to shelter smaller crops grown together
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intensive subsistence
labor intensive double cropping terracing
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comercial ag
mixed crop and livestock crops made to be fed to animals crop rotation
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examples of commercial ag
-dairy farming -grain farming (type of grain varies by climate) -livestock ranching (moved from open range to enclosed ranches)
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commercial ag-medteranian
-little livestock -small animals -crops used for human consumption
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commercial ag-commercial gardening and fruit farming (truck farming)
specializations
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plantation ag
commercial ag in less developed areas one to two cash crops
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examples of extensive farming
-shifting cultivation -namadic hearding -ranching -grain farming
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examples of intensive farming
market gardening plantation mixed crop/ livestock dairy farming
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cultural landscape
-terraces -irrigation -deforestation -draining wetlands -all of this is done with the goal to increase food production
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what is cultural landscape a mix of
natural landscape and human modification
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what does ag landscape reflect
a societies methods of farming and settlement
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extensive ag
dispersed settlement patterns farmhouses far from one another
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intesive ag
nucleated settlement patterns with villages near the fluids
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what are patterns of settlement are affected by
intensity of crop cultivation
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housing styles details-rural
more traditional
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housing styles details-wood
build where trees are available
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housing styles details-brick
where trees arent availble
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housing styles details-stone
andes mountains
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housing styles details-wattle
poles and rocks woven together and covered in mud. built in southeast Asia, Africa, amazon river basin
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survey patterns
-land surveys are needed where settlement is regulated by law -rectangular survey system: interior of the US (township and range) -metes and bounds: natural features of boundaries -long-lot survey system: french influence narrow lots giving more access to rivers or roads
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primary activities in rural areas
-aquacultures and fishing -extractive industries (mining) -forestry
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interdependence of regions
-food and other ag products are part of the global supply chain -some countries are highly dependent on one or more export commodities
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consequences of ag practices-environmental
-pollution-air soil and water -land cover change -desertification -soil salinization -conservation efforts
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other consequences of ag practices
-changing diets:demand for more chicken, bacon, organis, dairy free, gluten free -role of women in production -economic purposes-from food to bio fuel
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debates of sustainabillity
biotech-pest resistant crops and biofuels gmos aquaculture
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interdependence of regions-global food distribution netweks affected by:
-political relationships -infrastructure -patterns of world trade -tarrifs, subsides, bans
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debates of sustainability-reduction in biodiversity(climate change) and invasive species
-use of fertilizers -use of pesticides
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patterns of food production and consumption:movement impacting individual food choices
-urban farming -community-supported ag -organic farming -value added specialty crops -fair trade -local food movements -dietary shifts
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challenges feeding a global population
-food insecurity -food desert -distribution systems -adverse weather -suburbanization (land loss, urban sprawl)
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challenges of economic/political policies
-distribution systems -location of food processing facilities -economies of scale (mass production vs. local food) -government policies

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