Chapter 10 - Agriculture Flashcards
1
Q
Bid-rent curve
A
model showing that the amount a farmer is willing to pay for land declines with increasing distance from market
2
Q
cash crop
A
grown for money NOT personal use
3
Q
desertification
A
Degradation land. because excessive farming, tree cutting, grazing
4
Q
double cropping
A
harvesting twice a year from the same field
5
Q
GUY WITH THE GREEN REVOLUTION
A
Bourlog
6
Q
Horticulture
A
growing of fruits veggies flowers and tree crops
7
Q
Subsistence agriculture
A
farming for own family
8
Q
paddy
A
wet rice, flooded field
9
Q
sawah
A
a flooded field for growing rice
10
Q
Transhumance
A
seasonal migration of livestock between the mountains and lowlands
11
Q
Truck farming
A
commercial gardening (wtf does that mean)
12
Q
milkshed
A
area around the city where milk is supplied
