2.2. Pastoralism or Animal Rearing

At some stage in history, with the realisation that hunting is an unsustainable activity, human beings thought of domestication of animals. People living in different climatic conditions selected and domesticated animals found in those regions. Depending on the geographical factors, and technological development, animal rearing today is practised either at the subsistence or at the commercial level.

2.2.1. Nomadic Herding Pastoral nomadism is associated with three important regions. The core region extends from the Atlantic shores of North Africa eastwards across the Arabian peninsula into Mongolia and Central China. The second region extends over the tundra region of Eurasia. In the southern hemisphere there are small areas in South-West Africa and on the island of Madagascar.Fig. 2 Areas of Nomadic Herding 2.3.1. Subsistence Agriculture Fig. 4 Areas of Primitive Subsistence Agriculture Fig. 5 Areas of Intensive Subsistence Agriculture Fig 6. Areas of Extensive Commercial Grain Cultivation This form of agriculture is found in the highly developed parts of the world, e.g. North- western Europe, Eastern North America, parts of Eurasia and the temperate latitudes of Southern continents.Fig. 7 Areas of Mixed Farming 2.3.7. Market Gardening and Horticulture 2.3.8. Co-operative Farming 2.3.9. Collective Farming