1. Distinctions in Agriculture
Need for
capital & labor
(both intensive)
Type of Land Use
(Int or Ext)
Goal of Agriculture
Location Type
Use of Water
Capital intensive:
-heavy use of machines, few ppl.
-MDC’s
Labor intensive:
-large #’s of ppl and little capital.
-Usually LDC’s but some MDC crops still require human hands.
Intensity (use) depends on price of land and population.
Intensive:
Large amount of output per acre usually to small plots of land.
Concentrated use of labor/capital
EX: Rice. Greenhouses
Extensive:
Smaller output so you need more space.
Ex: wheat in U.S or a nomadic goat herder
Subsistence: farmer feeds family. Maybe a little surplus.
LDC’s
Commercial:
Farmer wants to profit, make a buck.
MDC’s
(capital intensive)
Sedentary: live and work in one place.
Most farming is this.
Nomadic: organized movement based on seasons.
Land use Extensive.
Ex: shifting cultivation and herding.
Irrigation: artificial watering (expensive)
Non-irrigated: rain happens.

2. You will create your poster on the following topic: 1’s get #1 etc
Shifting Cultivation pg. 335
Pastoral nomadism pg. 338
Intensive subsistence: wet rice dominant pg/
Intensive subsistence: wet rice NOT dominant pg 341
Mixed Crop and Livestock Farming pg. 342
Dairy farming pg. 343
Grain farming pg. 345
Livestock ranching: cattle in the US pg
Livestock ranching: fixed location pg
Mediterranean agriculture pg. 349
Commercial gardening and fruit farming pg
Plantation Farming pg
New food sources: oceans pg 357
New food sources: cereals and rare foods pg. 358

3. Farmer’s Almanac Type (title at top) Commercial or subsistence
Labor and/or capital intensive
Intensive or Extensive Land Use
Brief description of type
Vocab associated
Typical crops
Identify the Koppen climate regions where mainly found (pg )
Area(s) of world where typically practiced on map.
Symbol or illustration to help us understand.

4. Grain farming…
intensive or extensive? Why?
Labor or capital?

5. Vegetable garden…
intensive or extensive? Why?
Labor or capital?