5. TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE - Traditional subsistence agriculture is considered environmentally frendly because i maintains a balance between the land’s physical condiions and natural resources. - Features: - It is common in less-developed countries. - Rudimentary techniques and tools are used - It is labour intensive - There is limited production, enough for consumption. - Surplus or extra products (excedente)are sold at local markets. - Areas are organised in small plots under private or communal ownership - Polyculture is the usual type of farming
5. TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 1.
Agricultural or slash-and-burn cultivation (Agricultura itinerante sobre cenizas o de rozas) - It is used on very poor soil in tropical areas. - It requires large expanses of land. - Fours Steps: - Clearing: A forested area is cleared. - Burning: Vegetation s burnt and the land is ploughed o incorporate the ashes, which are the fertiliser. - Planting: Several crops are planted (millet, corn‌.) - Fallow: the forest naturally takes over the abandoned space, which lies fallow.
5. TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE 2. Intensive irrigated farming: - Monoculture production - Intensive agriculture by irrigating the crops and by planting germinated cuttings (esquejes, injertos) - While the current harvest (cosecha) is flowering, he next one is growing in the seedbeds (semillero) - It requires a lot of labour. - It is found in areas with high population densities and close to the reivers, in monsoon Asia (Asia monzรณnica) in countries like India, China, Indonesia. - Fetilisr is provided by silt (limo) carried out by irigation channels and canals.
5. TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE 3. Dryland or traditional farming - It uses annual crop rotation: - A few sections are left fallow and the others are farmed.
- It is a polyculture agriculturalsystem used in Europe before the Industrial Revolution. - Today it is common in less-developed countries. - Anmal manure (estiĂŠrcol) provides a natural fertiliser