Agriculture as Industry

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  • Created by: chend96
  • Created on: 09-05-14 11:04
What are the climates like in some developing countries?
Tropical
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What could they therefore do?
Focus on producing agricultural products such as crops as they have the climate for it rather than focusing on industry.
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Why is this benficial?
Because they have the climate in order to yield many crops
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What will the crops go?
They will be exported mainly to the West
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What country is an example of this?
Peru
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What product do they produce large amounts of?
Asparagus
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How do TNC's influence this?
They control production and export
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What type of revolution does this result in?
Green
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What is the green revolution?
When science and technology develops allowing developing countries to yield large amounts of crops
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However what does this sometimes lead to?
Environmental problems such as using insecticides and pesticides
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What do peru have to do to their water?
They have to ration it so that enough can be filtered to the crops to ensure that they grow
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How does this support dependency?
Because peru is therefore dependant on the West for business and if a company no long wanted asparagus the country would hugely loose business
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