High School Geography What are the geographical types of agriculture

There are six main geographical types of agriculture in the world: rice plantation, rangeland grazing, plantation agriculture, commercial grain agriculture, mixed agriculture, and dairy farming.

1, rice plantation: distributed in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia's monsoon zone, as well as Southeast Asia's tropical rainforest area.

2, large pasture grazing industry: distributed in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa and other countries and regions, there are large areas of arid and semi-arid climate zones.

3, plantation agriculture: distributed in Latin America, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the southern United States and Africa south of Sahara.

4, commercial grain agriculture: distributed in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Russia, Ukraine.

5, mixed agriculture: distributed in Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand.

6, dairy livestock industry: distributed in North America, the Great Lakes region, Western and Central Europe, and Australia, New Zealand.

Expanded information

Traditional agriculture:

Main distribution areas: China's northern region, the mountains and hills of the Central and Southern Peninsula, the Deccan Plateau and the western region of India, the Indus River, the Nile River and the two river basins and so on. (The eastern coast of the temperate continent and the subtropical arid mountains)

Economic status: developing countries or regions.

Locational characteristics: good light and heat conditions, insufficient or erratic precipitation, and irrigation is important for yield.

Characteristics: sedentary agriculture, low water demand, but irrigation, self-sufficiency, mainly growing dry-crop cereals, generally have a tradition of raising livestock. Intensive farming, mostly where civilizations originated.

Main agricultural products: wheat and other grain crops, soybeans and other legumes, cotton, tobacco and other cash crops, cattle, sheep, horses, pigs and other livestock.

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