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Intensive peasant farming

Higher Geography: Rural. Intensive peasant farming. Intensive peasant farming. land. Plots of land are quite small. Inheritance laws or customs can mean land is split between children. Aerial view, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Intensive peasant farming. land. capital.

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Intensive peasant farming

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  1. Higher Geography: Rural Intensive peasant farming

  2. Intensive peasant farming land • Plots of land are quite small. • Inheritance laws or customs can mean land is split between children. Aerial view, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  3. Intensive peasant farming land capital • Amount of capital inputs low. • Animals used rather than machinery. • Traditional low tech methods and tools. Padi fields, Cambodia

  4. Intensive peasant farming labour land capital • Labour input is high, but output per person low. Padi fields, Cambodia

  5. Intensive peasant farming labour land output capital • Yields per hectare high, but output per person low. • Can result in subsistence farming (provision for family or local community only - no surplus). Rice farmer, China

  6. Named case study note making: ‘Lower Ganges Valley’ • (India & Bangladesh) • New Wider World p94. • Use the following headings: • Population density • Landscape characteristics • Climate (monsoon) • Pattern of cultivation • Farm size • Labour & capital inputs • Potential problems Aerial view, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Lower Ganges Valley).

  7. Named case study note making: Kedah state, Malaysia. • CHG pages 246-250 (section 8.5). • Use the following headings: • Population characteristics • Population density • Settlement distribution • Landscape features • Climate (monsoon)

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