Agricultural Production Systems - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages... This essay discusses the evolution of agriculture and the different agricultural production systems that have enabled humankind to meet the challenges of the growing population of the world. The researcher focuses two different agricaltural systems of Africa and United Kingdom and compares it on various characteristics, such as The natural vegetation, characteristics of the soil, the crops that are grown and the methods of farming employed. The climate that dominates the continent of Africa is predominantly tropical in nature and thus is broadly divided into three climatic zones humid equatorial climate, dry climate and humid temperate climate. The amount of rainfall that is received in these different zones has played a large part in the choice of agriculture and thereby the farm techniques employed. Winds that blow in from the Atlantic Ocean bring with it moist air, which is responsible for the precipitation of rainfall in the United Kingdom and the amount of moisture present in the soil. The winds blow from the west across to the east. The result is that the agricultural production systems vary from the west of the country to the east of the country. The grass growth in the western districts makes dairy farming the preferred agricultural production system in the west of the United Kingdom. All the same the agricultural production systems that have developed in the different regions of the world reflect the climatic conditions of the region and the precipitation pattern that the regions experience. ...Download file to see next pagesRead More