Types of Agricultural Practices in the World Activity 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? Von Thunens View on Land Use Using Bid Rent Theory The Von Thnen Model applying von Thunens basic assumptions von Thunens model with Variations in climate factored in--the north is colder than the South. United States Urban Centers % Lacking Supermarket Access Darker region represents 50% or more lack convenience of supermarket 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.