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Agricultural Geography
Cultural GeographyC.J. Cox
Chapter 9 Overview
Agricultural Geography Agricultural Hearth Areas Physical and Cultural Factors Influencing
Agricultural Production Subsistence vs Commercial Agriculture Agricultural Trends
Geographer’s Perspective of World Agriculture
Geographers are interested in the patterns and distribution of agriculture in the world today.–What are the patterns of agriculture
worldwide?–Why are agricultural areas distributed
in the manner that they are?
Agriculture Agri - Latin for field culture - to cultivate
The expanded definition of Agriculture includes the cultivation of plants and animals
The goal of agriculture is produce sufficient food supplies
Physical Factors
Land/Soil (fertility) Water (precipitation & rivers) Sun ( temperature, evaporation rates) Climate
Cultural Factors Population Distribution Diet of population
calorie supply, protein, health Living Material
clothes, houses Lifestyle/Cultural Tradition
nomadic, sedentary/rain dances Economics
cash crops with greatest profit ie. viticulture Government/Political Policies
Argentina wheat, Japan rice
Agricultural Hearth Areas
Indus River in Pakistan Mesopotamia in Iraq Huang Ho in China Nile River in Egypt
Agricultural Hearth Areas
Vegetative Planting
– Southeast Asia– West Africa– Northwestern South
America
Seed Agriculture
– western India– northern China– Ethiopia– Southern Mexico– northwestern South
America
Forms of Agriculture Subsistence
– produced for consumption– work by hand– most people work
shifting agriculture nomadic herding rice (intensive
subsistence) plantation agriculture
Commercial– produced for market– mechanized– few laborers
livestock & ranching horticulture dairy farming mixed crop grain medditeranean
Agricultural Trends
Hand Labor Mechanization Small Plots Large corporately owned holdings No fertilizers natural fertilizers chemical
fertilizers Natural Seed Production Hybrid Seeds Farm to family Farm to processing to supermarkets Nature controlled water man controlled water
Chapter 9 Overview
Agricultural Geography Agricultural Hearth Areas Physical and Cultural Factors Influencing
Agricultural Production Subsistence vs Commercial Agriculture Agricultural Trends
Agricultural Geography
Cultural GeographyC.J. Cox