Unit V - Agricultural Production

1. corn and soy feed cattle and pics
9. intensive agricultural practice, often by the hands of migrant workers
13. bananas, cacao, coffee, sugar cane, tea are all examples of this term
15. high initial investment, often only affordable by large farm owners and not small family farms
16. a cylic migration of animals for grazing purposes, often found in Central and Southwest Asia or Northern Africa
18. type of farming found on large land plots away from population centers
19. because land is expensive, must make sure that enough revenue is made off of the

2. agribusiness controls most steps of food production from growing the crop to the food retail
3. developing countries often lack good _______ needed to transport crops to larger markets
4. agricultural outputs used for the farmer’s family
5. improved technology such as fertilizer and high yield seeds have improved the land’s ability to provide sustenance to its population.
6. the number of farms are decreasing but the ________ is increasing
7. land cost is based on its location relative to the market
8. in subsistence agriculture, a lot of labor by hand or by animal results in less returns
10. use of land cleared loses fertility over time, resulting in the process starting over on another plot of land
11. climatic conditions needed to grow a crop can be replicated but not at a scale needed to make a profit
12. agricultural practice with the sole intent of selling crops for profit
14. are a labor intensive form of agriculture that requires cheap labor and can be found in former colonies
17. located in places where land is unsuitable for farming but is conducive to grazing sheep or cattle