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The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
Agricultural Revolution
Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers
Green Revolution
Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer or his family
Subsistence agriculture
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm
Commercial agriculture
The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock
Agriculture
Physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food
Food security
Capturing fish faster than they can reproduce
Overfishing
Farming practices that use too much water / land / harm the soil are considered to lack what?
Sustainability
Why did von Thunen develop his agricultural model?
To lower transportation costs
How have GMO affected the supply of grain crops around the world?
It has increased yield (production)
Why are overgrazing and deforestation so unsustainable in semi-arid (dry) regions?
The grass doesn’t grow back → desertification
What agricultural crop type would you expect to find being grown in areas near the Equator?
Plantation cash crops
What form of agriculture has led to a great increase in fish supply without harming wild fish populations?
Aquaculture
What kind of tools would you expect to find a person practicing intensive subsistence farming using?
Hand tools, animal pulled plow
How can deforestation from shifting cultivation harm humans?
Hurts the environment, soil erosion, lack of shelter
How do agricultural subsidies affect farmers?
Pay farmers and help control crop prices
What regions of the world export the most food?
USA; Western Hemisphere
What regions of the world import the most food?
African countries; Eastern Hemisphere
What are the negative effects of shifting cultivation / slash & burn farming?
Deforestation
What has become the main reason why people lack access to healthy food in the 21st century?
Food prices going up
What causes the various different farming practices around the world to exist?
The climate / environment
What form of agriculture has been largely ended by the rise of agribusinesses?
Intensive subsistence farming / Family farms
What form of farming would be negatively affected by falling cash crop prices?
Plantation farming
How did the 1st Agricultural Revolution affect human development?
Invented farming AND cities
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