Small Scale and Large Scale
Agriculture are also a part of deforestation causes. Small Scale or, Subsistence
agriculture, deals with cutting down trees but mainly for farming families.
This is about twenty to twenty five percent of deforestation causes. While large Scale commercial agriculture, or
more commonly known as Commercial farming, is a type of farming that is performed
on a larger scale. These farmers use machines such as tractors and harvesters
to clear out the areas and begin their farming. In Latin America, Commercial
farming takes up about five to ten percent of the deforestation causes. Studies
show that two thirds of all cut forests are due to this agriculture.
Location: Amazon Basin/Brazil
Date: 2010/February 17th
Chapter/ Page Relevance:
"The South American Realm" Chapter,
"Agriculture Land Use and
Deforestation" Section (Pg. 242)
Key terms/ Concepts:
Subsistence agriculture, Commercial Agriculture
Large Scale, Small Scale
farming
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