Sunday, 20 October 2013

Key Ideas for this unit.

Key ideas and terms.


  • Agro- industrialization / Agri-business.
  • Mechanization.
  • Globalization.   
  • International networks for obtaining cheap inputs and selling outputs.
  • There is a widening gap between rich and poor farmers.
  • MEDCs are increasingly securing their food supplies from LEDCs.
  • Monoculture vs. interculture.
  • Large scale agro-industrial operations are financially efficient but very environmentally inefficient.
  • The most inefficient agriculture includes grain feed beef and ocean fishing.

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