unit 5 Flashcards
agriculture
the purposeful cultivation of plants or raising of animals to produce goods for survival
subsistence agriculture
an agricultural practice that provides crops or livestock to feed one’s family and close community using fewer mechanical resources and more people to care for the crops and livestock
commercial agriculture
an agricultural practice that focuses on producing crops and raising animals for the market for others to purchase
bid-rent theory
a theory that describes the relationships between land value, commercial location, and transportation (primarily in urban areas) using a bid-rent gradient, or slope; used to describe how land costs are determined.
intensive agriculture
an agricultural practice in which farmers expend a great deal of effort to produce as much yield as possible from an area of land
monoculture
the agricultural system of planting one crop or raising one type of animal annually.
plantation agriculture
a type of large-scale commercial farming of one particular crop grown for markets often distant from the plantation
extensive agriculture
an agricultural practice with relatively few inputs and little investment in labor and capital that results in relatively low outputs
domestication
the deliberate effort to grow plants and animals, making plants and animals adapt to human demands and using selective breeding to develop desirable characteristics
GMOs
a plant or animal with specific characteristics obtained through the manipulation of its genetic makeup
Infrastucture
the many systems and facilities that a country needs in order to function properly
Dual Agricultural Economy
an economy having 2 agricultural sectors that have different levels of technology and different patterns of demand
Agribusiness
a large-scale system that includes the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and equipment
Vertical integration
tariffs
