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D:the clearing of rows in the field through the use of hoes, rakes, & other manual equipment
B: if you do Intensive commercial agriculture this will help more crops
EX: they use algre trees to help manuer when interillage |
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| Intensive commercial agriculture |
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D:any kind of agriculture activity that involves effective and efficient use of labor on small plots of land to maximize crop yield
B:Intensive farming in a commercial economy, crops have high yields and market value
EX: a family in mexico grow the corn that's in walmart |
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Von Thünen, Agricultural location model |
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The Von Thunen model of agricultural land use was created by farmer and amateur economist J.H. Von Thunen (1783-1850) in 1826 (but it wasn't translated into English until 1966). Von Thunen's model was created before industrialization and is based on the following limiting assumptions:
The city is located centrally within an "Isolated State" which is self sufficient and has no external influences.
The Isolated State is surrounded by an unoccupied wilderness.
The land of the State is completely flat and has no rivers or mountains to interrupt the terrain.
The soil quality and climate are consistent throughout the State.
Farmers in the Isolated State transport their own goods to market via oxcart, across land, directly to the central city. Therefore, there are no roads.
Farmers act to maximize profits. |
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Commercial agriculture (intensive, extensive) |
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| Commercial agriculture is large-scale production of crops for sale, intended for widespread distribution to wholesalers or retail outlets. In commercial farming crops such as wheat, maize, tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana, cotton are harvested and sold into world markets. Commercial agriculture includes livestock production and livestock grazing. |
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Environmental modification (pesticides, soil erosion, desertification) |
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D:changes in the ecosystem resulting from human activities such as the use of pesticides, soil erosion, desertification.
EX: the use chemical to keep bugs away from tomato plants but it is also messing with the nutrition in the soil |
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