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Subsistence Farming. World-wide most farmers are subsistence-growing just enough to feed their families. They find building material and fuel in the natural environment-no cash economy Small fields-intensive farming on land they often don ’ t own. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Subsistence Farming• World-wide most farmers
are subsistence-growing just enough to feed their families.
• They find building material and fuel in the natural environment-no cash economy
• Small fields-intensive farming on land they often don’t own.
• Methods and tools used are generally very low tech.
• Found in South & Central America, Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia
On the Greek island of Crete, a peasant plows a field with a donkey
Shifting Agriculture-Slash & Burn, Patch or Milpa
• Tropical areas-red soil is heavily leached.
• Plot of land is cleared by burning-ash replenishes soil.
• A type of crop rotation-tubers in warm tropics, grains in humid subtropics, fruit in cooler regions.
• Not nomadic-central village with parcels of land worked in succession
• Conserves forests & soil, requires organization