1. Unit 4: Primary Resources
WG 3202
Unit 4: Primary Resources

2. World Agriculture Regions

3. World Climate and Agricultural Regions
1. Subsistence Farming:
Northwest South America
Central Africa
Southeast Asia
Indonesia

4. Some areas of tropical rain forest
Monsoon areas
Africa’s savannas (grasslands)
Areas with latosol soils
Worldwide, more humans worldwide gain their livelihood from farming than any other means.
Most of this is on a subsistence basis

5. 2. Subsistence Nomadic Herding:
North Africa
Middle East
West and Northern China
Areas that are largely desert
Move in times of drought (search for food and water)

6. 3. Commercial Ranching:
Western USA and Australia
Grassland or desert ecosystems

7. 4. Small Holding Stock
Small farms
Mexico
Southeast South America
South Africa
Central Asia (Caspian Sea)
Largely desert, temperate grassland

8. 5. Shifting Cultivation
Tropical areas. Warm, moist climates
Declining: land being used for logging, cattle ranching and cash crops (crop sold for a profit)

9. 6. Non-Agricultural Land:
Northern North America (tundra or boreal forest)
Greenland
North Asia
Parts of Chile, North Africa and central Australia (desert or scrubland)
Harsh/severe/extreme climates

10. Case Study
Read Case Study “ Agribusiness in the Philippines” on page 156-7
Do questions 17 a) b) c)