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Typology of Agricultural Regions: Major Agricultural Systems and Typologies of World -Nomadic Herding, Shifting Cultivation

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Nomadic Herding

Nomadic herding is kind of extensive subsistence agriculture that utilizes grazing of domesticated animals on natural pastures and involves constant or seasonal migration of nomads and their flocks in search of new pastures.

Distribution: It is common in large belt of arid and semi-arid lands including North Africa, Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.

  • Africa: Nomadic herding is practiced by the
    • Fulani of West African Savannas
    • Masais in East Africa
    • Nuba in Ethiopia and Sudan
    • Bantu and Hottentots of Southern Africa in Botswana
    • Tuareg of Sahara
  • Middle East: Bedouins of Saudi Arabia
  • Central Asia: Region from Caspian Sea to Mongolia and Northern China. Kirghiz, Kazakhs, and Kalmyks are th…

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Typology of Agricultural Regions: Major Agricultural Systems and Typologies of World- Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage, Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage

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Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage

It is another form of subsistence cultivation. However, a farmer practicing rudimentary sedentary tillage employs methods, which are more advanced than those used by shifting cultivators. This agricultural system is more reliable than shifting cultivation.

Distribution: It is commonly seen in tropical lands of Central and South America, Africa, and SE Asia.

Characteristics

  • It has all the characteristics of subsistence agriculture given above
  • Crop rotation rather than field rotation is practiced and greater attention is paid to the land and crops sown.
  • Tilling methods are more intensive and all the work is done by hands. Ploughing and ho…

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