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Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Phil 4:4

My name is !alicia!
Or known to lara as muhammad (ali)
Or to lanie and lisa as Als(?!)
Or to others as Ali
Licka.
AND I ROCKK.
The sky is blue
Sometimes i see the ceiling fan..
and the roof always has a new coat
of paint when i'm with kangshi
Inside Joke
Maddy sucks):
Jo is uh....kay...
Kangshi is um...what??!
I mean,
Whoever heard that the sky was blue?
(:

2irresistible
Agnes
Kangshi(blog's dead)
Lara
Maddy
Shiying


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todays national day!! whooh. but it isn't interesting... its cause its 090909 today!!! coooll

anyway, i need to study for geog so i'm posting the stupid agriculture notes here for my own PERSONAL REFERENCE. please do not refer to it. as it might be wrong.(:





Characteristics of agriculture:-purpose of the farm-for own comsumption or commercial purposes
-Inputs into the farm-how much effort was put inside
-Outputs of the farm-what is produced
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Purpose of the farm- Own comsumption, also know as subsistence farming. Sell their produce on the market, also known as commercial farming.
-Inputs into the farm- Farmers need land, labour seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, tools, machiner for crops, and some use irrigation. To get these materials, capital is needed. Capital is money to pay workers or to buy materials.
-Outputs of the farm- Output per unit for subsistence farmers(usually enough for farmers' own families)= small outputsOutput per unit for commercial farmers(Large quantities for sale)= large outputs
-Agriculture types:
-Shifting cultivation
-Wet rice cultivation
-Plantation agriculture
-High tech farming
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--> Shifting cultivation/Slash and burn
A type of farming where people temporaily clear forests to grow crops. After 2-3 years, the farmers will leave and find another land to clear.
Process-1. The trees are cut down2. Burn felled trees.-main point is to get rid of the felled trees, and also to get fertilizer from the ashes.
3. Holes are made in the ground to plant the seeds.
4. Crops are harvested.
5. Afer a few years, the tribe leave the field and look for another plot of land, and may return 20-30 years later.
--PIVOT--
-Purpose- Grow enough to feed families. Subsistence.
-Input- Large area of land, low capital- simple tools used like sticks, sickles. Seeds are reused from the previous harvest.
-Variety- Small varirety of crops. Eg. Dryland rice, tapioca, bananas, maize.
-Output- Low outputs, only enough for their families.
-Technology- Low technology, simple tools are used. Extensive
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--> Wet rice cultivation
-Most rice grown are wet rice
-Hot climate in some countries are good for rice cultivation, as rice need high temperatures to grow.
Process:
1.Fields are ploughed with animals and machinery, and flooded with water channelled from rivers and lakes.
2.Seeds are scattered in a smaller field called a nursery, where they sprout into seedlings.
3.3 to 4 weeks later, seedlings are transplanted to the flooded fields.
4.After 3 to 6 months, fields are drained and padis harvested.
--PIVOT--
-Purpose- Both subsistence and commercial.
-Input- Small land is need for subsistence, large area for commercial. Low capital for subsistence, high capital for commercial.
-Variety- Many varieties of wet rice developed.
-Output- Output is very high
-Technology- Low for subsistence(usually animals and family labour), and high for commercial(Usually tractors)Intensive for subsistence extensivefor commercial.
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--> Plantation agriculture
-Grown to be sold, commercial use.
-Examples are:
-Tea leaves
-Rubber
-Palm oil
--PIVOT--
-Purpose- Commercial use, materials sold to manufacturing companies



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