DIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES

TYPES OF PLOTS

 Size
o Smallholdings
o Large estate
 Shape
o Regular
o Irregular
 Limits
o Openfield
o Bocage (closed fields) (walls, fences, hedges)
 Land use
o Agriculture
o Livestock farming
o Forestry
o Mixed

CULTIVATION SYSTEMS

 Variety of crops
o monoculture
o polyculture
 Type of crops
o herbaceous
o woody
 arboreal
 bushy
 Intensity of use
o Intensive
o Extensive
 Use of water
o Rainfed
o Irrigated
 Surface irrigation
 Drip irrigation
 Sprinkler irrigation
 Techniques
o Traditional
o Modern (mechanised)
 Destination
o Commercial
o Self-consumption

TYPES OF SETTLEMENT

 Dispersed
 Concentrated