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    Whittlesey proposed a classification of agricultural regions in the world in 1936 based on 5 criteria: crop/livestock combinations, land use intensity, farm produce processing/marketing, mechanization level, and agricultural structures. Using these criteria, 13 main agricultural region types were identified, including nomadic herding, livestock ranching, shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence rice farming, commercial plantations, Mediterranean agriculture, and specialized horticulture.

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    Whittlesey proposed a classification of agricultural regions in the world in 1936 based on 5 criteria: crop/livestock combinations, land use intensity, farm produce processing/marketing, mechanization level, and agricultural structures. Using these criteria, 13 main agricultural region types were identified, including nomadic herding, livestock ranching, shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence rice farming, commercial plantations, Mediterranean agriculture, and specialized horticulture.

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    Whittlesey proposed a classification of agricultural regions in the world in 1936 based on 5 criteria: crop/livestock combinations, land use intensity, farm produce processing/marketing, mechanization level, and agricultural structures. Using these criteria, 13 main agricultural region types were identified, including nomadic herding, livestock ranching, shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence rice farming, commercial plantations, Mediterranean agriculture, and specialized horticulture.

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    Agricultural Regions of The World

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    Whittlesey proposed a classification of agricultural regions in the world in 1936 based on 5 criteria: crop/livestock combinations, land use intensity, farm produce processing/marketing, mechanization level, and agricultural structures. Using these criteria, 13 main agricultural region types were identified, including nomadic herding, livestock ranching, shifting cultivation, intensive subsistence rice farming, commercial plantations, Mediterranean agriculture, and specialized horticulture.

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    AGRICULTURAL REGIONS OF THE WORLD One of the most satisfactory classifications of agricul-tural regions in the world was proposed

    by D. Whittlesey in 1936. Whittlesey employed five criteria to classify agri-cultural regions in the world: (a) crop and livestock com-bination; (b) intensity of land use; (c) processing and marketing of farm produce; (d) degree of mechanisation; and (e) types and associations of buildings and other structures associated with agriculture.

    Based on these criteria, the following 13 main types of agricultural regions have been identified: (1) nomadic herding; (ii) livestock ranching; (iii) shifting cultivation; (iv) rudimental sedentary tillage; (v) intensive subsistence, rice-dominant; (vi) intensive subsistence, without rice; (vii) commercial plantation; (viii) Mediterranean agriculture; (ix) commercial grain farming; (x) commercial livestock and crop farming; (xi) Subsistence crop and livestock farming; (xii) commercial dairy farming; and (xiii) specialised horti-culture.

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