Agriculture+Models

=__**Von Thunen model **__ ( __[]__ ) = The Von Thunen model is a representation of the distance to the central market and what is harvested the best at different distances. The central city contains the market. __The white ring(1)__ around the central city is best for market gardening and dairying because it costs less to transport being so close to the market and also because dairy products go bad fairly quickly (this model was made before modern refrigeration) so it makes sense to have it closer. __The green ring(2)__ represents forest with no agriculture production. __The yellow ring(3)__is for growing grains and field crops. It is located farther away from the central city because the land is cheaper and the products can be transported for a cheaper cost. __The largest ring (4)__, being farthest away from the central city represents livestock farming and ranching. It is the largest because animals need space to eat and graze. The model doesn’t take into consideration the terrain like river or mountains and also the modern refrigeration and technology. It is not completely accurate but it served as the first effort to analyze space of economic activity. -The image below is the model drawing showing each section.

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=__**koppen classification system **__( __[]__ ) = This climate classification system was developed in 1920 and it categorizes all the regions of the world by the climate using a specific code using two letters. This made it easy to identify climatic regions all over the world. This link includes the classification of the system and how to identify the climate. The map below shows all of the climate classifications.

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