Enst 201 Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Causes for population growth II Demographic transition III Life of hunter gatherers IV Hunter gather society vs agricultural society V Fertility rates of Hunter gatherers vs agricultural VI Why did humans choose agriculture Outline of Current Lecture I Early Agriculture II Extensive Agriculture Current Lecture I Early Agriculture a Refer to as extensive agriculture bring more land under cultivation to increase food i Intensive agriculture is where capital labor is increased to get more food out of a unit of land b Sentiment toward nature i Exploiting nature ii Nature is something to exploit for your own use iii Control nature II Extensive Agriculture a Swidden Agriculture found in poorer countries and near the equator i Fertility of soil is very low or farmers cannot afford fertilizer ii Cut down vegetation that is growing These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute iii After the cut down vegetation is dried it is then burned to let nutrients into soil 1 Slash and burn iv The lengthen of the fallow cycle is a limit on Swidden Agriculture
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