Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.9 World regional geography: features, resources and places

3.9.7 World agriculture: major crops and leading producers

World farming ranges from nomadic herding and shifting cultivation to mechanised grain farms and dairy belts; each type has typical regions, crops and features that exams test as match-the-following.

  • APPSC Group 2 · Prelims
  • Standard level
  • 9 min read
  • Full course

Key terms

  • pastoral nomadism
  • transhumance
  • commercial livestock ranching
  • shifting cultivation
  • Jhum
  • Milpa
  • Ladang
  • Roca
  • intensive subsistence
  • plantation agriculture
  • extensive commercial grain
  • Pampas
  • Prairies
  • mixed farming
  • dairy farming
  • Mediterranean agriculture
  • viticulture
  • truck farming
  • co-operative farming
  • Denmark
  • kolkhoz
  • fazenda
  • leading producers

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. AP angleStandard
  5. Mains writingMains writing
  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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