ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - subsistence farming Bangladesh Flashcards
1
Q
what does subsistence farming important for?
A
sustaining the livelihoods of over half the population
2
Q
what are subsistence farmers farming in Bangladesh?
A
intensive rice production in Bangladesh, Ganges river
3
Q
what makes Bangladesh good for rice farming?
A
falt, fertile, flooding, tropical area and monsoon seasons
4
Q
what does intensive farming?
A
smaller farms, with high yields
- planting close together
5
Q
what are the process in rice farming?
A
- 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
6
Q
what are the inputs in rice farming?
A
- 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
7
Q
what are the outputs in rice farming?
A
- rice -> to feed local population
8
Q
where is the lower Ganges valley?
A
flows eastward from the Himalayas through the northern India and into the Bangladesh where the mouth of the rivers
