Ap Human Geography Agriculture Unit Notes

Pg. 328-330 “field note: changing greens!” * Ranchlands of South Dakota hold soybeans * Roundup Ready Soybeans (genetically modified) * Roundup is a weed killer produced by Monsanto – they have corn, cotton, and other crops that are resistant to roundup too * ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – production of crops without modification * Organic food sales: 1980 was $200 million then 1990 was $1.5 billion and by 2003 was $10 billion (growing 20% annually over the last decade) * Only 2% of all food sales in the country but is predicted to hit 10% within a decade * Best organic products in U.S. are fruits and vegetables with 42% of the sales here – followed by nondairy beverages at 15% and dairy at 13% * Organic products are sold in 73% of conventional grocery stores in America

Pg. 337 “field note” * Niarobi-mombasa road in Kenya. * Goats crossed with gazelles are called elands. They were docile, manageable, and in good health.

Pg. 343 “field note” * 1983 Gambia the women were the traditional growers. They staged a strike but the control was now under male heads of household who reaped income from the women’s labor.

Pg. 330-339 “what is agriculture and where did it begin?” * AGRICULTURE –the deliberate tending of crops and livestock to produce food, feed, and fiber. * Only half of all food staple grains are consumed directly by the people; the other half is used for feed for the livestock. * Agriculture is a primary industry. * PRIMARY ACTIVITIES – drawing out resources and raw materials from the earth. * SECONDARY ACTIVITES – to take a primary product and manufacture it into a product. * TERTIARY ACTIVITIES – part of the service industry: selling the goods and providing a service to people. * QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES – a subset of tertiary activities; divided into quaternary (exchange for money or goods) and quinary (research and education). * EX: Guatemalan agriculture sector accounts for