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Swidden agriculture is a form of subsistence agriculture that is defined by which of the following activities?
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Flooding a piece of land to stimulate growth
Cutting down trees and lighting the remaining plants on fire
Rotating crops between different fields depending on the season
Growing one crop exclusively in all fields
Planting multiple crops in one plot of land
Correct answer:
Cutting down trees and lighting the remaining plants on fire
Explanation:
"Swidden" or "slash-and-burn" agriculture is a form of subsistence farming practiced all over the world, although it is most widely found in tropical regions such as Amazonia. One of the oldest forms of agriculture, swidden involves clearing the forestation and growth in a desired field with axes, then burning the stumps to eliminate obstructions and enhance the soil. This practice has harmful effects of rainforests in which it is practiced and does not produce high yield for its farmers, causing ecological and economic problems.
Which of the following is a subsistence crop?
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Papyrus
Rubber
Tobacco
Corn
Cotton
Explanation:
Corn is the only subsistence crop of the presented options. Tobacco, cotton, and rice are all high intensive plantation crops. Tobacco, cotton, rubber, and papyrus are also not edible, therefore disqualifying them from being considered subsistence crops.
Which of these most accurately describes subsistence agriculture?
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A local farmer only grows corn; his family consumes some of the corn, but he sells more than half of his crop of corn in a farmer's market.
A farmer has only one cow; he trades some of the cow's milk for vegetables at the market.
A small farm is run solely by the family and most (or all) crops produced are consumed by the family.
A small family tends an herb garden, and all of the herbs are used to flavor their home-cooked meals.
An extensive farm with many outside workers produces crops for the entire town.
Correct answer:
A small farm is run solely by the family and most (or all) crops produced are consumed by the family.
Explanation:
Subsistence agriculture involves food production mainly for the family. A farmer will grow most everything that the family would consume, and anything leftover will go to the local community rather than to a big market.
Which of the following crops is a subsistence crop?
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Ginger
Acai berries
Cocoa
Cotton
Rice
Explanation:
By definition, a subsistence crop is a crop that is grown primarily for the purpose of feeding/sustaining farmers and their families, with any surplus going towards trade. Of the following answer choices, rice is the only one that can be characterized as a subsistence crop, as rice is a staple food in many agricultural regions.
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The women eke out vital family living incomes through subsistence farming, fishing, petty trading and activities in the informal sector.
At the poorest extreme of the rural population are those households whose demand for land as a site for subsistence farming is very strong.
Individuals and households have experimented with new forms of livelihood, expanding their non-agricultural income sources, while retaining their base in subsistence farming.
The road has also made it possible for villagers to switch to cash crops from subsistence farming.
Subsistence farming would be increasingly attractive under the new price regime.
Another motive is precautionary, which relates to a family's desire to possess a site for subsistence farming.
Low soil fertility, erosion, sub-optimal crop management and subsistence farming conditions characterize these units.
The villagers live by subsistence farming, hunting and fishing.
At the poorest extreme of the rural population are people whose precautionary demand for land as a site for subsistence farming is substantial.
This is a traditional practice developed by the local farmers to meet their multiple needs in subsistence farming.
Several factors have initiated a migration wave towards the forests for subsistence farming.
This shows the contrast between subsistence farming and labor market participation.
Moreover, such fighting is a part-time occupation pursued at specific intervals of the year because of the time constraints associated with labour demands for subsistence farming.
This means that deforestation for subsistence farming is particularly sensitive to distributional aspects which affect the level of private consumption, the demand for food, and food prices.
Subsistence farming provides some degree of food security and affirms community-held agrarian values.
Women being active in subsistence agriculture have suffered most from oil-based environment degradation as it relates to potable water, firewood collection, subsistence farming and subsistence fishing.
It is significant, for example, that off-farm employment, which diversifies sources of income, diminishes a household's inclination to clear land, presumably for the sake of subsistence farming.
These donors were residents of small towns, roadside trading centres, large-scale commercial farming estates (mainly tea, coffee and forestry plantations), and (' communal ') subsistence farming areas.
In the now-depopulated hills and mountains of the far north and far south, there are almost no prospects for returnees, beyond looking after their parents and subsistence farming.
Moreover, this practice has the advantage of improving yield stability in subsistence farming systems.
Moreover, as previously marginalized communities became integrated into the market economy, the transition from subsistence farming to a more commercial orientation created a greater need for economic diversification.
Such a ban would not affect subsistence farming, but it would demonstrate a commitment to protect animal welfare.
We are speaking now of small subsistence farming because that is where they are going to try to begin the attack.
The absence of irrigation is a problem in any form of farming, even subsistence farming and certainly commercial farming, in that country.
Forty per cent of the population still works in agriculture, and many farms rely on subsistence farming.
Incidentally, the term "subsistence farming" is often used in a derogatory sense, but, surely, subsistence is a great deal better than starvation.
I am not speaking of commercial but of subsistence farming which is a wholly different thing.
Subsistence farming is not based on price calculations, it is based on the hope of rain in the next season.
Much is subsistence farming with relatively low incomes.
That militates against subsistence farming.
The low prices for which farmers in those economies must work encourage not production but subsistence farming leading to shortages for the mass of the population.
The farmer must be rewarded with a reasonable price for the food that he produces for the market; otherwise he will drift back into subsistence farming.
She said: "part of the development path for any country is to move people out of small-scale subsistence farming into larger-scale production or industrial production".
The needs of the country should ideally encompass the whole range of instruction envisaged, with subsistence farming and acceptability of family planning particularly important in this respect.
As more settlers arrived and cleared the land, cash crops replaced subsistence farming.
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Unlike traditional cattle raising or subsistence farming, coffee production required significant capital and large pools of labor.
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The main economic activities are cattle raising and subsistence farming.
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The primary livelihood is subsistence farming with maize being the main crop.
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Now most people work in service industries (banks, schools, mechanics, and storeowners) as well as subsistence farming.
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Tribal members are primarily earning their incomes through livestock and subsistence farming.
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Village craftsmen such as blacksmiths and joiners provided for the needs of their own farming community and combined their specialist skills with subsistence farming.
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They survived by subsistence farming, later enhanced by stock raising.
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Initially, they were part of the subsistence farming that nomads engaged in.
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About 1940 the poultry industry began to replace subsistence farming as the main source of unemployment for the sparse population of the region.
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The main economic activities are cattle raising, and subsistence farming.
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There was a resultant move away from subsistence farming toward the production of specialized crops.
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Because the islands are being converted to grassland for subsistence farming, deforestation is a major threat to the population of the species.
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Farming is the main economic activity and subsistence farming is practiced by the residents on farmlands miles away from the village.
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They practiced subsistence farming and expanded into resource extraction economies based on timber harvesting and livestock ranching.
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During these times, the economy was predominantly one based on subsistence farming, mainly oats and potatoes (after the 16th century) and other forms of tillage.
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The majority of the population depend on subsistence farming, largely rice and cattle.
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This habitat has long been disappearing through decades of intensive logging, followed by further disturbance in the converting of logged land to subsistence farming.
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Many villages are used as gardening villages (subsistence farming) since the population has moved to larger neighboring villages.
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The majority of the population survives on subsistence farming.
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This was a newly built experimental community she had sponsored which taught destitute coal miners subsistence farming.
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A large percentage of the population lives in the rural area and is engaged in subsistence farming.
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The remainder of the economy consists of fishing and subsistence farming.
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Their main occupation is subsistence farming, cultivating mainly upland rice.
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Subsistence farming is the main economic activity and the main crops grown are maize, groundnuts, cotton, sorghum finger millet, sunflower and pumpkins.
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The tinfoil barb is commercially important in the aquarium hobby trade, as well as commercial aquaculture, subsistence farming, and occasionally as bait.
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Subsistence farming has for a considerable time, been an integral part of local culture.
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Its economy revolves around tourism subsistence farming and logging.
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Farmers concentrated on growing cash crops, relying on market relations to provide income for their families, instead of subsistence farming and periodic barter exchanging.
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The most important economic activities are cattle raising and subsistence farming.
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It is important to note that this necessarily includes the ability to use protected varieties for subsistence farming and for research.
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Of these commodities, only diamond and gold were produced in 2006 - subsistence farming was the mainstay of the economy.
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Most of the economic activity of the municipality is based on subsistence farming with a large percentage of its inhabitants owning farmland.
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The majority of local villagers earn their living by fishing and subsistence farming.
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In recent years the farmers have adopted modern methods and have succeeded in substituting subsistence farming with commercial farming.
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It was at best a kind of subsistence farming.
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The rangeland outside the park was subsequently subdivided into small ranges and subsistence farming plots.
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In the late nineteenth century subsistence farming was giving way to specialized operations, such as dairying, poultry farming, and fruit orchards.
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The aim of the early settlers was to produce as many of the necessities of life as they could: subsistence farming, in other words.
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Products and/or income from subsistence farming contribute to a significant share of the local economy.
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The valley's economy is rudimentary and relies on wood cutting and subsistence farming.
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After an initial naval construction phase, opportunities for making a living on the island were largely limited to fishing or subsistence farming on reduced area.
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The type of activity ranges from small subsistence farming and fishing to large commercial ventures with significant export focus.
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Over 80% of the population is engaged in subsistence farming and animal husbandry.
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They survived by subsistence farming and periodic raids plantations.
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Most families rely on subsistence farming for their livelihood.
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A majority of them are into subsistence farming.
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However, despite these developments, the majority of the population exist on subsistence farming and artisanal fishing, selling a small amount of their surplus.
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The major sources of income are subsistence farming and fishing.
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A large percentage of the population is in the rural area and engaged in subsistence farming.
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The original settlers survived almost entirely through subsistence farming despite the long winters, hilly terrain, and rocky soil.
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Based on subsistence farming, or herding, such tribes remained remote from the literate cities.
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As a result, agricultural businesses are primarily plantation-based, as well as subsistence farming and animal husbandry, followed by forest resources.
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The economy is based on subsistence farming and cattle raising.
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Cardamom and oranges are the predominant cash crops, although most farmers practice subsistence farming.
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There are 300 200 hectares of maize and potatoes, we also practice subsistence farming.
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Agriculture is also carried out in small-scale subsistence farming.
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The ancient economy was mainly based on subsistence farming.
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As a result they tended to hoard their grain and to revert to subsistence farming.
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Subsistence farming is the primary source of food, though money is obtained by working in forestry, building, selling honey, and other various means.
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Some families produced enough to sell their surplus at a market, but for most, subsistence farming failed to meet their needs.
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The majority of the economy is non-monetary with approximately 80% of the population engaged in subsistence farming.
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