AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 5.7 Flashcards

The geographic arrangement of agricultural production, processing, distribution, and consumption

Production of crops or livestock primarily for sale using substantial land, capital, technology, or purchased inputs

The system encompassing agricultural inputs, farming, processing, transportation, wholesaling, marketing, and retailing

The concentration of agricultural production in fewer and generally larger operations

Declining average cost per unit as the total quantity produced increases

Concentrating production on one commodity or one production stage rather than producing a wide variety of goods

Ownership or control by one firm of multiple stages of a commodity chain

Production under an agreement in which a company supplies inputs or requirements and obtains output from a farmer providing land, buildings, and labor

The linked sequence of actors and activities that produces a commodity and brings it to the final consumer

The use of location-specific data to vary water, seed, fertilizer, or pesticide applications within a field

The largest population an environment can support over time given its resources, technology, consumption, and resource-use methods

Agricultural output per unit of land