•What type of agricultural activity is depicted in each of the slides?

Cattle

Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?

Intensive vs extensive land use?

Commercial vs. subsistence?

Sedentary vs. nomadic?

Irrigated vs non-irrigated?

Wheat

Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?

Intensive vs extensive land use?

Commercial vs. subsistence?

Sedentary vs. nomadic?

Irrigated vs non-irrigated?

Rice

Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?

Intensive vs extensive land use?

Commercial vs. subsistence?

Sedentary vs. nomadic?

Irrigated vs non-irrigated?

Bananas

• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?

Vegetables

• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?

Fishing

• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?

Pigs

• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?

The Von Thünen Model

…applying von Thunen’sbasic assumptions

…von Thunen’s model withVariations in climate factored in--the north is colder than the South.

Market gardens are close to urban centers.

Agricultural landscape• In the Eastern Hemisphere fragmented farms are

the rule– Farmers live in farm villages or hamlets– Fields are situated at varying distances and directions

from the settlement– One farm can consist of one hundred or more separate

parcels of land– In Asia and southern Europe individual plots may be

roughly rectangular– Narrow strips are most common in Western and central

Europe

Agricultural landscape

• Long-lot farms– A landholding consisting of a long, narrow

unit-block stretching back from a road, river, or canal

– Typical in the Canadian maritimes, parts of Quebec, and parts of Texas.

The township and range system imposed a rectangular grid on the

landscape.

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