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Capital
Already-produced durable goods that are used in production of goods or services.
Capital-Intensive Agriculture
Is when there are high amounts of money put into a farm to develop it, and put towards the daily running of the farm.
Comparative Advantage
The ability of a firm or individual to produce goods and/or services at a lower opportunity cost than other firms or individuals.
Extensive Agriculture
An agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed.
Free Trade
A policy by which a government does not discriminate against imports or interfere with exports by applying tariffs (to imports) or subsidies (to exports).
Friction of Distance
As the distance from a point increases, the interactions with that point decrease, usually because the time and costs involved increase with distance.
Irrigation
Artificial watering of farmland.
Land Cover
Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the earth.
Land Use
The human use of land.
Livestock
Animals kept or raised for use or pleasure.
Mixed Farming
The use of a single farm for multiple purposes, as the growing of cash crops or the raising of livestock.
Nomadism
A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
Plantation
A usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation.
Remote Sensing
The acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object.
Yield
The income return on an investment.