Boserup's Stage Model Of Agriculture

Question 1

What is transition through the stages accompanied by?

Answer 1

• increasing population density
• improved tools
• increasing integration of livestock
• improved transportation
• a more complex social structure
• more permanent settlement and land tenure
• more labor specialization

Question 2

Is Boserup’s Stage Model of Agriculture linear or categorical?

Answer 2

Categorical

Question 3

Stage 1

Answer 3

Forest-fallow cultivation: cultivation of 1-3 years, followed by 20-25 years of fallow

Question 4

Stage 2

Answer 4

Bush-fallow cultivation: cultivation of 2-8 years, followed by 6-10 years of fallow

Question 5

Stage 3

Answer 5

Short-fallow cultivation: land lays fallow for only 1-2 years

Question 6

Stage 4

Answer 6

Annual cropping: seasonal fallow

Question 7

Stage 5

Answer 7

Multicropping: more than one cropping a year, fallow a few months or not at all

Question 8

Which stages have lower vs higher population densities?

Answer 8

Stage 1 areas have lower population density, stage 5 areas have higher population density