THE PRIMARY SECTOR: AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKMaría Jesús Campos Fernández. learningfromgeography.wikispaces.com

Primary Sector

Agriculture and Livestock

Fishing

Minning

Forestry

Agriculture

Agriculture and Livestock Definition Factors of Production:

Physical factors: relief, climate, ground Human factors: population; economic and technical development;

land ownership; shape and size of the land; agrarian policies. Production Systems Landscapes and Types of Agriculture Types of Farming Food production and world hunger Spain

Production

Systems

Water usage

Dry farming crops

Irrigated crops

Use of the land

Extensive

Intensive

Crop variety

Polyculture

Monoculture

Use of technolo

gy

Traditional

Large machinery

Plots’ size

smallholding

Large fields/state

IRRIGATED CROPS

Water Usage

Extensive Agriculture

Use of the Land

Intensive Agriculture

Monoculture

Crop Variety

Policulture

Large Machinery

Use of Technology

Traditional

Plots’ Size

Landscapes and Types of Agriculture

Subsistence Agriculture

Slash-and-burn shifting cultivation

Extensive dryland farming

Irrigated rice farming

Commercial Agriculture

Mediterranean Agriculture

Specialised agriculture

Plantation Agriculture

Subsistance Agriculture: Slash-and-burn shifting cultivation

Subsistance Agriculture: Extensive dryland farming

Subsistance Agriculture: Irrigated Rice Farming

Comercial Agriculture: Mediterranean Agriculture

Comercial Agriculture: Specialised Agriculture

Comercial Agriculture: Plantation Agriculture

Livestock

Types of Livestock FarmingTraditional

Commercial

Intensive

Extensive

Reared

Housed livestock

Semi-housed

livestockFree-range

livestock

Livestock Farming: Housed Livestock

Livestock Farming: Semi-Housed Livestock

Livestock Farming: Free-range Livestock

Food Production and World Hunger

Food production and world hunger

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