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Which type of agriculture occupies the largest percentage of the world's land area?
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∙ 14y ago
According to Rubenstein HUMAN GEOGRAPHY shifting cultivation occupies 25% of the world's land area and has only 5% of the world's population (p. 342) pastoral nomadism use 20% of the earth's land areas with 15 million people
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∙ 14y ago
The largest percentage of the world's land area is used for extensive agriculture, such as grazing livestock and growing crops over large expanses of land. This type of agriculture requires more land but typically has lower yields per unit area compared to intensive agriculture.
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∙ 9y agoA large percentage of agriculture is slash and burn agriculture. This is where the existing vegetation is burned before the planting of crops. In many unfertile areas, this method is the only proven method to grow productive crops.
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