Traditional agriculture

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