primary industry Flashcards
primary industry
agriculture
forestry
fishing
extraction of raw materials
2 main type of agricultural activities
vegetable prod.
livetsock prod.
natural factors that influence agiculture
-climate(seasons,amount of rain , temperature…)
-soils(type,fertility…)
-relief(flat /mountinous…)
socio-economic factors
-workforce(quality)
-transportation(roads,railroads)
-mechanization(machinery,tractors…
the vegetable productions is used to
-feed the population
-as a supply for industrial production
-rear animals
breadbaskets
areas where cereals are grown in the largest amounts
-ukraine,syria
divide vegetable production
foodstuffs:wheat,oats,rice,rye
fodder crops:corn,potatoes
technical crops:flax,sugar cane,sugar beet
livestock production is used to :
-feed the population
-provide raw materials for industrial production(wool or leather
cattle production
90% of milks production
30% of meat production
-Brazil,India,USA,China
pig famring
40% of meat produciton
moderate climate-China
sheep
china,asutralia,india,sudan
poultry
-brazil,mexico,most populated countries of Asia
fish
around atlantic and pacific ocean
-china
forrests
1/3 of the land
1/2 of forresdts-usa,china,russia,canada,brazil