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i. The characteristics of the commercial livestock and crop farming are the result of the combination numerous factors, such as physical, economic, political and social.

i. Farms are very large, ranging from 240 to 16,000 hectares (600 to 40,000 acres), though the average in the USA is about 400 hectares (1000 acres).

i. Livestock ranching is the commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area which is associate with a very large land requirement and modest input of capital and human resources (labour a management) per unit area of land.

i. Mediterranean agriculture is the most popular of all types of agriculture. It derives its name from the Mediterranean region of Europe where the agriculture characteristics are representative.

i. In this type of farming, farmers produce crops and raise livestock mainly for their own subsistence and sell nothing in the local market. Since they earn no cash income, they cannot afford to buy modern machinery and good breeding stock.

i. The high density of population of these areas has necessitated greater intensity in the tillage of land.

i. People who practice shifting cultivation generally live in a small village and grow food in the surrounding land which the village controls.

i. An ancient activity and aboriginal form of livestock rising.

(a) Despite all the natural conditions of climate, relief and soil that may favour crop cultivation, the presence of biotic agents such as weeds, parasitic plants, diseases and insect-pests will damage crops and hamper farming in many parts of the world.

The areas extending from Alaska to California afong the coastal mountain ranges of Pacific coast are now the leading source of supply of tim|*fer fo’Canada and the USA.

Working conditions in the tropical forests are extremely difficult due to the following reasons:

This is because of a number of factors, which hinders the development of the tropical latitudes are

(a) There are five major fishing grounds of world. These are: (a) The North West Pacific Region.

i. Primitive gathering is the oldest of all economic activities

i. Primitive hunters share many characteristics with gatherers. Both groups know how to use fire, prepare food, manufacture tools and implements, and construct shelters. They are cognisant of local conditions and have the ability to exploit food resources.

The world’s shipping may, for convenience, be classified into four groups.