Spatial Organization of Agriculture

Question 1

Spatial Organization of Agriculture

Answer 1

Way that agricultural activities are distributed & organized across a particular area or region.

Depends on access to natural resources, infrastructure, economic factors (cost of land & labor), & social & cultural factors (traditions)

Question 2

How have advances in technology led to small farms being replaced by commercial agricultural operations?

Answer 2

-Industrial farms have become more efficient, more profitable, and have more access to resources that reduce costs.

-due to advancements in transportation, fertilizers, GMOs, & antibiotics.

Question 3

How are commodity chains used to create agricultural products?

Answer 3

Process of different steps needed to take the raw material product (cocoa bean) to a finished product (chocolate bar) for the consumer.

Question 4

How has technology changed the agricultural sector?

Answer 4

-Increased number of large factory farms

-increase use in fertilizers/ pesticides

-more reliance on GMOs,
Increase

-trading of agricultural products in global markets

-Change in how food is produced & distributed