Agriculture Flashcards
This country is the world’s 4th largest producer of tea. Tea, particularly the Ceylon variety accounts for 12% of the country’s GDP and the tea sector employs over 1 million people in the country. The country’s cool, humid climate makes it ideal for growing tea. (Terroir)
Sri Lanka
South Asia
The Hazda Tribe in this country is an example of modern-day hunter-gatherers. Over the last 50 years, the Tanzanian government has tried evicting and settling the 1,300 member population.
Tanzania
Sub-Saharan Africa
This country produces only 10% of the world’s wheat, but is consistently the world’s biggest exporter.
United States
North America
Transhumance, the seasonal movement of livestock, is a well known traditional practice of this culture that also includes yodeling and alphorn playing. Alpine pastures amount 35% of the farmland in this country as more than 500,000 sheep as cattle live on those lands.
Switzerland
Western Europe
The pampas grasslands in this South American country are prone to wildfires. The land is very fertile, but because of the wildfires, small plants and grasses flourish and trees are rare. A large area of the pampas is devoted to grazing cattle and sheep.
Argentina
South America
This country is the third largest rice producing country in the world. The crop is a staple if the everyday diet of those living in this country.
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
The world’s leading exporter of grapes. Since 2001, this country has exported more than 1 million tons of grapes.
Chile
South America
This country was the 4th largest producer of bananas in 2012 and the world’s leading exporter of the fruit.
Ecuador
South America
After Brazil, this country leads the world in coffee production.
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Because of heavy use of shifting cultivation in this country, the Amazon Rainforest is in danger of seeing irreversible damage in the form of loss in biodiversity, soil erosion, flooding, and climate change.
Brazil
South America
In the 1960s, this country initiated the Green Revolution to become self-sufficient in producing grains. Increased production did just that, but over the decades, the excessive use of chemicals and pesticides is having a serious negative impact on the population’s health.
India
South Asia
This is the world’s largest per capita producer of dairy products. However, only about 5% of those products are actually liquid milk.
New Zealand
Oceania
This country passed the U.S. as the world’s leading meat producer in 1990 and now produces twice as much as the U.S.
China
East Asia
This country is the world’s leading exporter of rubber. Along with Malaysia and Indonesia, these three countries account for almost 72% of the world’s rubber production.
Thailand
Southeast Asia
This country is the leading producer of Palm oil. Together with Indonesia, the two countries produce over 90% of the world’s supply of the product.
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
