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| Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporation. Includes everything from canning food to tractor manufacturing |
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| The deliberate effort to modify a portion of the Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance and/or economic gain |
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| Farming undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm |
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| Harvesting twice a year for the same field |
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| Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers |
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| Intensive Subsistence Agriculture |
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| A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land |
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| The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied |
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| A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale. |
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| A form of agriculture in which livestock graze over an intensive area. |
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| Reproduction of plants through annual introduction of seeds. |
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| People shift actively from one field to another. |
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| Slash-and-Burn Agriculture |
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| Another name for shifting cultivation, fields are cleared by slashing vegetables and burning debris. |
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| The seasonal migration of livestock between mountain and lowland pastures. |
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| Reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants |
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| When the government forgives any debts for a vow that one will protect endangered land areas |
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| Extensive Subsistence Agriculture |
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| Large amounts of land, small number of farmers (Low Agricultural Density) |
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| Where livestock are restrained and fattened up for slaughter, rather than allowed to graze |
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| Mediterranean Agriculture |
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| Specialized farming that occurs only in areas where the dry-summer, wet-winter Mediterranean climate prevails. Western Europe, California, and portions of Chile, South Africa and Australia, in which diverse specialty crops such as grapes, avocados, olives, and a host of nuts, fruits, and vegetables comprise profitable agricultural operations. |
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| The extensive use of machines in agriculture |
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