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economic system=way that goods and services are produced and distributed.
traditional/subsistence: families production & exchange. LEDCs
capitalist/market: state doesn't intervene. Free competition
communist/centrally planned: state controls everything
soil= porosity (amount of oxygen & ability to retain water)
clay: high nutrients. Much water & sandy soil: no nutrients or water
humus: organic matter (rich in soil)
commercial agriculture: in MEDCs
since 18th (agricultural revolution). Main goal: max. Profit
mono culture. Machines replace humans. Modern methods
farming methods. Hydroponic: artificial space. Nutrients in water
sanding: sand/manure/soil & drip irrigation: water drips out of the tubes
benefits: lower prices. Good transport & distribution. Preservation techn.
problems: pollution (pesticides). Water use & rural exodus
traditional: in LEDCs
subsistence agriculture on small plots. Own use. polyculture & manual labor
shifting cultivation: cereals & tubers. Tree's ash as fertilizer
sedentary: by rotation & irrigated monsoon: rice in flooded lands
plantation: in tropical LEDCs
large agricultural estates. Crops that didn't grow in Europe.
globalization=controlled plantations. For export. High productivity. Mono
benefits: for multinationals (exploitation=low costs), for LEDCs (more jobs=better economy)
disadvantages for LEDCs: profits for other countries=low standards. Less traditional ''. Exploitation=bad for environment. Price drop=unemployment
livestock farming: raising animals for food or other economic purposes.
stock breeding & selective (improves productivity & resistance to disease)
extensive: natural pastures. Little investment=low productivity.
intensive: MEDCs. Stables. Mono culture. Investment=high productivity. Sale
fishing: imported
85%: consumption. 15%: oil, fish meal.
coastal: near the coast. Small boats. Traditional. Own use/local market
inshore: near the coast. Medium boats. Refrigerators
off shore: out at sea. Large ships. Modern
fishing grounds: areas in which fish naturally concentrates.
sunlight and nutrients=plankton=fish meal. Over fishing=species dissapearing
aquaculture: breeding of fish in fish farms(more fish and seafood)
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