DB #6 (Agriculture)

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DB #6 (Agriculture)For this week’s DB, please read the chapter on agriculture in your textbook and then watch at least three short videos from Frontline World (available at http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/) and/or W.H. Freeman (some suggestions are listed below).You should discuss one or more of the following questions:1.) What are some explanations (physical and socio-political) for the geographic distribution of various forms of agriculture across the Earth? Has this distribution changed during the last several hundred years? If so, how and why? What is a socio-political explanation for the similar patterns of agriculture that are found is similar climate zones around the world? Please use specific examples from your text and from the assigned films (when possible).Here are the films:California: The Immigration Dilemma http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2009/09/california_the.htmlBrazil:  Cutting the wire http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/12/brazil_cutting.htmlMongolia: A land without fences http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/04/mongolia_land_w.htmlJapan: the slow life http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/11/japan_the_slow.htmlThis   Land is Ours: Who should own Namibia’s farms http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/08/this_land_is_ou.htmlGuatemala /   Mexico: Can Fair Trade Save the Farm? http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala.mexico/I’ll send you the chapter copies.     ……………………..Answer Preview…………………………Geographic Distribution of Various Forms of Agriculture across the EarthThe term agriculture refers to action of rearing animals and growing crops in order to gain from their products. Mostly these products are foods although other products can be gotten from such animals and crops. Agriculture can be done in large scale for the purposes of selling the domesticated animals or the crops grown…..APA970 words as low as11.99 –  Added to cart Related Questions: Domestication, agriculture and sedentism The benefits of agriculture on culture Aboriginal Australians and indigenous peoples in Orange County What is genetic engineering and biotechnology Give more examples of the other industries in the Ghanaian economy Identify the intervention and the market failure leading up to the intervention.

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