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Whittlesey

In 1936, Whittlesey identified 11 main agricultural regions, plus an area where agriculture was non-existent.

Grain

Dairying

- Important to developed countries

-Primarily the north-central United States, south-central Canada, and Eastern Europe

- Mostly commercial

- Important to developed countries

-Primarily the U.S. Midwest and Central Europe.

- Most common form of commercial farming in the U.S. west of the Appalachians. Also prominent in Europe from France to Russia

- Important to developed countries

-Primarily near population clusters in the northeastern U.S., southeastern Canada, and northwestern Europe.

-Very important commercial agriculture

Mixed Crop and Livestock

Intensive subsistence, wet rice dominant

Whittlesey's 11 regions are divided between 5 that are important in developing countries, and 6 that are important in developed countries.

Mediterranean

Eleven Regions

- Important to developed countries

-Primarily lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, the western United States, the southern tip of Africa, and Chile.

-Most crops in the Mediterranean lands are grown for human consumption rather than animal feed.

-Horticulture - which is the growing of fruit, vegetables, and flowers - and tree crops form the commercial base of Mediterranean farming

-Important to developing countries

-Primarily the large population concentrations of East Asia and South Asia

-The term intensive implies that farmers must work intensively to subsist on a parcel of land

Pastoral Nomadism

- Important to developed countries

-Primarily the southeastern United States and southeastern Australia

-Agriculture in this region is sometimes referred to as truck farming. These farms grow the fruits and vegetables that are in demand in that country

Commercial gardening

- Important to developing countries

- Primarily the drylands of Southwest Asia & North Africa, Central Asia, and East Asia

- A form of subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals

Plantation

-Important to developing countries

-Primarily the large population concentrations of East Asia and South Asia, where rice growing is difficult

-Involves the skilled use of crop rotation

Intensive subsistence, crops other than rice dominant

-Important to developing countries

-Primarily the tropical and sub-tropical regions of Latin America, sub-capitalized Saharan Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia

-A large commercial farm in a developing country that specializes in one or two crops

-Important to developing countries

-Primarily the tropical regions of Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia

- Clearing land for farming, by slashing vegetation and burning debris. Once farmers use up all of the nutrients, they abandon the land

-Form of subsistence farming

Shifting Cultivation

- Important to developed countries

-Primarily the drylands of western North America, southeastern Latin America, Central Asia, sub-Saharan Africa,and the South Pacific

- Commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area

Livestock ranching

Derwent Whittlesey's Agricultural Regions

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