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The variation of food consumption is from a combination of

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The variation of food consumption is from a combination of

Level of development Physical Conditions Cultural Preferences

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dietary energy consumption

The amount of food that an individual consumes (kcal)

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food security

physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food that meets dietary needs.

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undernourishment

dietary energy consumption that is continuously below that needed for a health life.

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What percent of the world does not have food security?

10%

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Undernourishment is most present in what two regions?

Sub-Saharan Africa(1/4) and South Asia(1/5)

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Four reasons for high food prices

poor weather Higher demand Small growth/productivity Use of crops as biofuels instead of food

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Human get most calories from

cereal grain

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clustered rural settlement

agricultural based community in which a number of families live in close promixty to each and other farms

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dispersed rural settlement

farmers living on INDIVUAL FARMS located away from neighbors

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linear settlements

settlements comprised around a road river or dike

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substance agriculture

Production of food primarily for consumption by the farmers family (found in developing countries)

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Commercial agriculture

the production of cash crops primarily for sale off the farm (found in developed countries)

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Cash crop

a crop grown for sale rather than for the farmers use

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Main features that distinguish commercial from substance agriculture

percentage of farmers in labor force, use of machinery, farm size

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what percent of workers in developed countries are farmers?

3%

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what percent of workers in developing countries are farmers?

35%

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subsistence agriculture in developing countries

Intensive substance, pastoral nomadism, shifting,

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commercial agriculture in developed countries

mixed crop and livestock, dairy, grain, livestock ranching, mediterrain, commercial gardening

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intensive subsistente agriculture

the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more lab our

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form of subsistence agriculture that feeds most people is

intensive subsistente agriculture

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intensive subsistente agriculture is mostly practiced in..

East, South, and Southeast Asia

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double cropping

Land contains two harvest per year from one field

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Intensive substance wet rice NOT dominant is mainly in

parts of east and South Asia where growing rice is difficult

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Intensive substance wet rice dominant is mainly in

east and South Asia

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Shifting cultivation

people shift frequently from one field to another

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Shifting cultivation is dominant is mainly in the rain forest of

Latin America, sub saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia

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two distinct features of shifting cultivation is

slash and burn and Frequent relocation

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Slash and Burn

farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegetation and burning debris.

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Frequent relocation

Farmers grow crops on cleared fields only for a few years until soil nutrients in gone then they leave it empty for many years to allow the soil to recover.

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pastoral nomadism

based on the hearing of domestic animals in DRY climates

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Pastoral nomadism is dominant in mainly

the drylands of southwest Asia, North Africa, Central Asia, east Asia

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Common animals for pastoral nomadism

Cattle, Camels, Goats, Sheep

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transhumane

seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas.

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Plantation

Large commercial farm in developing countries that specializes in one or two crops

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Plantations are dominant in mainly

The tropical and subtropical regions of Latin America, sub saharan africa, South Asia, and Southeast asia

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Crops grown on plantations

cotton, coffee, rubber, tobacco, sugar, cocoa, jute bananas, tea, coconuts, palm oil

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Agribuisness

commercial farming found in developed countries

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Crops on grain farms are grown primarily for..

human consumption

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Mono-cropping

practice of crowing the same single crop every year.

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Mediterranean Agriculture

western united states, southern tip of Africa, Chile ( narrow strips of land across the coast)

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Commercial Gardening is dominant in mainly

South eastern united states and southeastern australia

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Livestock ranching

commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area

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Livestock ranching is dominant in mainly

The drylands of western North America, southeastern latin America, Central asia, Sub saharan Africa a, South pacific

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Mixed is dominant in mainly

The U.S Midwest and central Europe

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