THE PRIMARY SECTOR

CROP FARMING
1. FACTORS
  1. NATURE FACTORS
    1. CLIMATE
      1. HUMIDITY
      2. RAINFALL
      3. SUNSHINE
    2. DENSITY AND FERTILITY OF SOIL
  2. HUMAN FACTORS
    1. MECHANISATION FARM WORK
    2. MODERN SPRINKLER AND DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
      1. REDUCE WATER CONSUMPTION
    3. GREENHOUSE FARMING
      1. AREAS WHERE CLIMATE ISN´T VERY SUITABLE
    4. CHEMICALS
      1. MAKE SOIL MORE FERTILE
    5. BIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES
      1. FIGHT PARASITES
      2. GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS
  3. CONSECUENCE
    1. CROPS LIMITED SOME REGIONS
2. TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE
  1. ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    1. LIMITED MECHANISATION
    2. LOW PRODUCTIVITY
    3. VERY LITTLE COMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
3. MECHANISED AGRICULTURE
  1. DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
    1. HIGHLY MECHANISED
    2. HIGH PRODUCTIVITY
    3. LARGE-SCALE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
  2. SINCE THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
    1. GREEN REVOLUTION
4. TYPES OF FARMING TECHNIQUES
  1. DRY AND IRRIGATION
  2. INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE
  3. POLYCULTURE AND MONOCULTURE
LIVESTOCK FARMING
1. PHYSICAL
  1. COLD AND HIGH AREAS
  2. SEMI-DESERT AND SOME DESERT AREAS
2. HUMAN
  1. POPULATION DENSITY
    1. CAUSE
      1. TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK FARMING LESS LABOUR THAN AGRICULTURE
    2. CONSECUENCE
      1. AREAS OF PLANET WHERE FARMING IS POSSIBLE BUT POPULATION IS LIMITED IN SIZE
        LIVESTOCK FARMING MORE COMMON
  2. GREEN REVOLUTION (FEED AND FODDER)
3. CAUSES FOR PROFITABLE
  1. COLD AND HIGH AREAS
    1. LOW TEMPERATURES
    2. GOOD PASTURE
4. IN THE PAST
  1. COMPLEMENT AGRICULTURE
    1. AREAS
      1. IN FLAT
      2. POPULATED REGIONS
      3. TEMPERATE CLIMATE
    2. GUARANTEE PRODUCTION OF MEAT
    3. ORGANIC FERTILISER FOR CROPS
    4. DRAUGHT ANIMALS
5. GREEN REVOLUTION
  1. HIGH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
    1. ANIMALS GIVEN FEED AND FODDER
      1. DO NOT DEPEND ON PASTURE
6. TYPES
  1. EXTENSIVE
    1. ANIMALS CAN GRAZE FREELY
      1. NOMADIC
        AVAILABILITY PASTURE AND WATER
      2. SEASONAL MIGRATORY
        BASED ON THE SEASON
      3. NON- TRANSHUMANT
        DO NOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES
  2. INTENSIVE
    1. STABLING ANIMALS ON FARMS
    2. LIVING CONDITIONS MONITORED BY VETS
      1. IN CONTRAST TO EXTENSIVE
        MORE LABOUR
        VERY HIGH YIELDS
        SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
FORESTRY
1. TYPE OF FOREST DEPENDS
  1. LOCAL CLIMATE
  2. QUALITY SOIL
  3. RELIEF
2. WOOD WAS USED AS FUEL
  1. DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
    1. ALMOST DISAPPEARED
3. WOOD WAS BUILDING MATERIAL
  1. NEW MATERIALS
    1. CEMENT METALS GLASS
4. EXPLOITATION FORESTS AND RAINFOREST INDUSTRIAL SCALE
  1. DEFORESTATION AND SOIL EROSION PROBLEMS
    1. PUBLIC AWARENESS
      1. PRESERVE AND REGENERATE FORESTS
5. TYPES
  1. TRADITIONAL EXPLOITATION WOOD
    1. CLEAR-FELLING
    2. THINNING
    3. POLLARDING
  2. MODERN FORESTRY
    1. MECHANISED
      1. INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY
      2. REDUCES ENVIRONMENT IMPACT
  3. LARGE PLANTATIONS OF FAST-GROWING TREE
    1. 20TH CENTURY
      1. EUCALYPTUS
      2. CANADIAN POPLAR
      3. PLANE TREE
AGRARIAN LANDSCAPES
1. ELEMENTS
  1. HUMAN MADE LANDSCAPES
    1. RURAL LANDSCAPES
    2. AGRICULTURAL LANSCAPES
    3. AGRARIAN LANDSCAPES
      1. PLOTS
        SHAPE
        UNIFORM/ IRREGULAR
        SIZE
        MEDIUM-SIZED/ ESTATES/ SMALLHOLDINGS
        BUNDARIES
        OPEN FIELDS/ BOCAGES
      2. TYPES OF CROPS
        ANNUAL OR HERBACEOUS
        PERENNIAL OR WOODY
      3. RURAL ENVIRONMENT
        DESPERSED
        CONCENTRATED
2. TRADITIONAL AGRARIAN LANDSCAPES PRODUCED BY
  1. SHIFTING CULTIVATION OR SLASH AND BURN FARMING
  2. EXTENSIVE DRY FARMING
  3. MONSOON-BASED AGRICULTURE WITH PADDY FIELDS
3. DEVELOPED AGRARIAN LANDSCAPES PRODUCED BY
  1. PLANTATION AGRICULTURE
  2. EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE
  3. MECHANISED MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE
FISHING
1. FACTORS
  1. FRESHWATER AREAS
    1. RIVERS, LAKES AND RESERVOIRS
  2. OCEAN WATERS
    1. SEAS AND OCEANS
      1. RELATIVELY SHALLOW WATERS
2. TYPES
  1. TRADITIONAL FISHING
    1. NETS HARPOONS HOOKS FISH POTS
    2. FRESH WATER AND COAST
    3. LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
    4. SELF-CONSUMPTION AND LOCAL MARKETS
    5. EXCEPTION: SHELLFISHING
  2. COMMERCIAL FISHING
    1. DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
      1. COASTAL FISHING
      2. DEEP-SEA FISHING
      3. TRAWLING
      4. ELECTROFISHING WITH SUCTION
  3. AQUACULTURE
    1. RAISING
      1. FISH, CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND ALGAE

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