Aphg Agricultural And Rural Land Use

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Adaptive strategies

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technology, ecology, demography and economies that define human behavior.

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Agrarian

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People or societies that are farmers therefore promote agricultural interest.

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Agribusiness

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Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually thru ownership by large corporations.

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Agricultural Industrialization

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the use of machinery in agriculture,ex: tractors.

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Agricultural Landscape

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The land that we farm on and what we choose to put on our fields.

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Agricultural Location Model

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An attempt to explain the patterns of agricultural land use in terms of accessibility, costs, distance, and prices.

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Agricultural Origins

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Through time nomadic people noticed the growing of plants in a cycle and began to domesticate them and use for their own use. Carl Sauer points out vegetative planting and seed agriculture as the original forms. He also points out that vegetative planting was likely originated in SE Asia and seed agriculture originated in W India, N China, and Ethiopia.

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Agriculture

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The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for subsistence or economic gain.

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Animal Domestication

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The taming of animals through generations of breeding for selling or using byproducts.

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Aquaculture

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The cultivation of aquatic organisms especially for food.

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Biorevolution

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The revolution of biotechnology and the use of it in societies.

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Biotechnology

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Using living organisms in a useful way to produce commercial products like pest resistant crops.

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Collective Farm

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Government-owned farms and employed large numbers of workers; all crops distributed by the Government.

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Commercial Agriculture: Intensive

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Any kind of agriculture activity that involves effective and efficient use of labor on small plots of land to maximize crop yield.

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Commercial Agriculture: Extensive

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An agricultural system characterized by low inputs of labor per unit land area.

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Core-Periphery

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Core countries have high levels of development, a capacity at innovation and a convergence of trade flows. Periphery countries usually have less development and are poorer countries.

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Crop Rotation

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The practice of growing a series of dissimilar/different types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons.

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Cultivation Regions

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Regions where there is agricultural activity.

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Dairying

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The farming and sale/distribution of milk and mild products.

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Debt-For-Nature Swap

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When agencies such as the World Bank make a deal with third world countries that they will cancel their debt if the country will set aside a certain amount of their natural resources.

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Diffusion

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The process of spread of feature of trend from one place to another over time.

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Double Cropping

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Harvesting twice a year from the same land.

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Economic Activity: Primary

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Economic activity concerned with the direct extraction of natural resources from the environment-- such as mining, fishing, lumbering, and especially agriculture.

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Economic Activity: Secondary

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Economic activity involving the processing of raw materials and their transformation into finished industrial products; the manufacturing sector.

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Economic Activity: Tertiary

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Economic activity associated with the provision of services-such as transportation, banking, retailing, education, and routine office-based jobs.

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Economic Activity: Quaternary

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Service sector industires concerned with the collection, processing, and manipuation of information and capital (finance, administration, insurance, legal services).

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Economic Activity: Quinary

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Service sector industries that require a high level of specialized knowledge or technical skill. Examples include scientific research and high-level management.