#horticulture
What usually has happened to tropical horticulturalists when population pressure and/or governments prevented them from following their traditional shifting pattern of farming?
The productivity of their crops dropped dramatically due to extreme soil nutrient depletion and the people became impoverished
Horticulture is most well suited to what kind of environment?
humid, tropical forests
Slash and burn" refers to?
a method of field preparation for farming
What time of year should you water less frequently?
Winter
What height should bahiagrass be mowed to be healthier and have greater drought tolerance?
3-4 inches
Which things are horticulturalists most likely to use in farming?
pointed sticks, hoes, or other hand tools
Why do horticulturalists usually have a shifting pattern of field use?
Because production drops due to the inevitable depletion of soil nutrients in the old field
Where in the world is horticulture commonly used as a subsistence pattern today?
Central Africa and the Amazon Basin of South America
For anthropologists, the word "horticulture" refers to?
small scale, low intensity farming
With which of the subsistence patterns are people most likely to intentionally produce a surplus of food to sell or exchange for things that they cannot produce themselves?
horticulture
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