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Types of Agriculture
Directions: Research each type of farming using the internet, your book, and the other sources of I have posted on Google Class. You will fill out the
information below in regards to the type of agriculture, products produced, process of cultivation, the lifestyle that type of famer lives (commercial or
subsistence), and where their type of farming takes place.

Lifestyle Where does this

Type of Description: describe the type (Commercial or type of farming
Products Produced
Agriculture of agriculture Subsistence) – take place in the
explain details given WORLD?
Subsistence agriculture reliant on grains such as
wheat and barley Wheat Subsistence
Intensive Barley
India
subsistence Middle East
(wet rice not
dominant)

growing wet rice in flat land submerged in water Subsistence

Rice
asia
Intensive
Subsistence
(wet rice
dominant)

Variety of plants Substance West Africa

Planting small scale crops on moving plots till the
poor soil runs out of nutrients. Existing vegetation south america
Shifting is often burned on the land to enrich the soil
Cultivation
 People herd domesticated animals around pastures
in order for them to eat. Domesticated animal products
Pastoral Subsistence Asia, North Africa
Nomadism
(Nomadic
Herding)

A large plot of land is planted, and crops are

farmed and harvested by resident labor Commercial South America, asia, africa
Plantation Cash crops

Animal products Eastern Europe

Animals and crops are used on the same farm, corn Commercial
and the crop waste feeds the animals. roots Eastern US
soybeans
Mixed Crop &
Livestock

India
Commercial
Cows are milked Europe
Dairying Milk products
North America

Grains are planted on large fields for harvest via Grains

Grain mechanized labor wheat, oats, etc.
Commercial North America
 Beef Central US
Commercial
Livestock Raising livestock on a large amount of land
typically in arid and semi arid climates
Ranching

Olives figs dates, and

Planting of Orchards for harvest various fruits such as Commercial
grapes California, Mediterranean

Mediterranean

Fruits and vegetables on small pots of land for Various fruits and vegetables Commercial
commercial sale US
Commercial
Gardening