ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - subsistence farming Bangladesh Flashcards

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what does subsistence farming important for?

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sustaining the livelihoods of over half the population

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what are subsistence farmers farming in Bangladesh?

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intensive rice production in Bangladesh, Ganges river

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what makes Bangladesh good for rice farming?

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falt, fertile, flooding, tropical area and monsoon seasons

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what does intensive farming?

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smaller farms, with high yields

- planting close together

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what are the process in rice farming?

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  • start in a nursery and the rice is put into bunches
  • plowing with an ox, appropriate tech
  • three months for grains to develop
  • harvested by hand
  • separate rice grains from the stems by hand by threshing is
  • rice grains are then put out in the sun to dry
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what are the inputs in rice farming?

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  • warm climate
  • paddy feils flooded with water so high rainfall is needed
  • Bangladesh has rain-fed paddy field bc of the monsoon
  • lots of people
  • ox
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what are the outputs in rice farming?

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  • rice -> to feed local population
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where is the lower Ganges valley?

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flows eastward from the Himalayas through the northern India and into the Bangladesh where the mouth of the rivers

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