A map illustrates prevailing agricultural practices around the world to represent different types of agriculture.
Pink-shaded regions indicate regions of commercial gardening, which includes parts of the southeastern United States, some in the western United States, northern Africa, central Asia, and southern Australia, as well as western Sweden. Purple-shaded regions represent dairy farming, notably seen in parts of northern Europe, such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, and the Netherlands, as well as parts of the northeastern and southeastern United States, northeastern New Zealand, and southeastern coastal regions of Australia. Orange shaded regions show grain farming, visible across large portions of the central United States, Canada, and parts of Europe including Ukraine and southern Russia, as well as parts of Argentina and southern Australia. Blue shaded regions denote intensive subsistence farming with wet rice dominant, primarily seen in parts of eastern China, the western and eastern coastal regions of India including Nepal, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asia. Green shaded regions represent intensive subsistence farming where wet rice is not dominant, covering areas in North, West, and East Asia, parts of China, much of India, Pakistan, and some regions in Africa and Central and South America. Light pink shaded regions indicate areas with little or no agriculture, found in parts of northern Canada, Greenland, northern Russia, some desert areas in Africa and the Middle East, and central parts of Australia. Green shaded areas show livestock ranching, prevalent in parts of the western United States, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Australia. Light orange shaded regions represent Mediterranean agriculture, visible in areas around the Mediterranean Sea including parts of Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey, as well as coastal California, Chile, and South Africa. Yellow shaded regions indicate mixed crop and livestock farming, observed in parts of central Europe, the eastern United States, and some regions in South America, South Africa, and southern Russia. Dark green shaded regions denote pastoral nomadism, mainly found in parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Gray shaded regions signify plantation agriculture, visible in parts of Central and South America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia including Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Commercial gardening | Dairy | Grain | Intensive subsistence, wet rice dominant | Intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant | Little or no agriculture | Livestock Ranching | Mediterranean | Mixed crop and livestock | Pastoral nomadism | Plantation | Shifting cultivation | Adriatic Sea - Greece - Black Sea Coast | Africa, East Central Coast | Africa, Indian Ocean Coast | Africa, North Interior | Africa, North West Coast | Africa, Red Sea - Gulf of Aden Coast | Africa, South Interior | Africa, West Coast | Amazon | Amu Darya | Amur | Angola, Coast | Antarctica | Arabian Peninsula | Arabian Sea Coast | Arctic Ocean Islands | Atlantic Ocean Seaboard | Baja California | Baltic Sea Coast | Bay of Bengal, North East Coast | Black Sea, North Coast | Black Sea, South Coast | Bo Hai - Korean Bay, North Coast | Brahamani | California | Caribbean Coast | Caribbean | Caspian Sea Coast | Caspian Sea, East Coast | Caspian Sea, South West Coast | Cauvery | Central Iran | Central Patagonia Highlands | Chao Phraya | China Coast | Colombia - Ecuador, Pacific Coast | Columbia and Northwestern United States | Congo | Danube | Daugava | Dead Sea | Denmark - Germany Coast | Dnieper | Dniester | Don | Douro | East Brazil, South Atlantic Coast | Eastern Jordan - Syria | Ebro | Elbe | Ems - Weser | England and Wales | Farahrud | Finland | Fly | France, South Coast | France, West Coast | Fraser | Ganges - Bramaputra | Gironde | Gobi Interior | Godavari | Great Basin | Grijalva - Usumacinta | Guadalquivir | Guadiana | Gulf Coast | Gulf of Guinea | Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Coast | Gulf of Thailand Coast | Hamun-i-Mashkel | Helmand | Hong (Red River) | Huang He | Hudson Bay Coast | Iceland | India East Coast | India North East Coast | India South Coast | India West Coast | Indus | Ireland | Irian Jaya Coast | Irrawaddy | Isthmus of Tehuantepec | Italy, East Coast | Italy, West Coast | Japan | Java - Timor | Kalimantan | Kara Sea Coast | Krishna | La Plata | La Puna Region | Lake Balkash | Lake Chad | Lena | Limpopo | Loire | Maas | Mackenzie | Madasgacar | Magdalena | Mahandi | Mahi | Mar Chiquita | Mediterranean Sea Islands | Mediterranean Sea, East Coast | Mediterranean South Coast | Mekong | Mexico, Interior | Mexico, Northwest Coast | Mississippi - Missouri | Namibia, Coast | Narmada | Narva | Negro | Neman | Neva | New Zealand | Niger | Nile | North America, Colorado | North and South Korea | North Argentina, South Atlantic Coast | North Borneo Coast | North Brazil, South Atlantic Coast | North Chile, Pacific Coast | North Gulf | Northeast South America, South Atlantic Coast | Northern Dvina | Northwest Territories | Ob | Oder | Orange | Orinoco | Pacific and Arctic Coast | Pacific Central Coast | Palau and East Indonesia | Pampas Region | Papaloapan | Papua New Guinea Coast | Parnaiba | Peninsula Malaysia | Pennar | Persian Gulf Coast | Peru, Pacific Coast | Philippines | Plateau of Tibet Interior | Po | Poland Coast | Red Sea, East Coast | Rhine | Rhône | Rift Valley | Río Balsas | Río Grande - Bravo | Río Lerma | Río Verde | Russia, Barents Sea Coast | Russia, South East Coast | Sabarmati | Salinas Grandes | Salween | Sao Francisco | Saskatchewan - Nelson | Scandinavia, North Coast | Scheldt | Scotland | Seine | Senegal | Sepik | Shebelli - Juba | Siberia, North Coast | Siberia, West Coast | Sinai Peninsula | Sittang | Solomon Islands | South Africa, South Coast | South Africa, West Coast | South America, Colorado | South Argentina, South Atlantic Coast | South Chile, Pacific Coast | South China Sea Coast | South Pacific Islands | Southern Central America | Spain - Portugal, Atlantic Coast | Spain, South and East Coast | Sri Lanka | St Lawrence | Sulawesi | Sumatra | Sweden | Syr Darya | Tagus | Taiwan | Tapti | Tarim Interior | Tiber | Tigris - Euphrates | Tocantins | United States, North Atlantic Coast | Ural | Uruguay - Brazil, South Atlantic Coast | Viet Nam, Coast | Volga | Volta | Wisla | Xun Jiang | Yangtze | Yasai | Yenisey | Yucatán Peninsula | Zambezi | Ziya He, Interior | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | Tobacco Production (U.S.) | |
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| 2.71% | 25.1% | 8.01% | 4.80% | 3.15% | 87.6% | 13.5% | 8.22% | 96.7% | 58.3% | 16.6% | 57.5% | 43.7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14.9% | 92.5% | 15.5% | 28.7% | 96.8% | 82.2% | 93.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.54% | 9.38% | 1.03% | 9.81% | 66.2% | 12.9% | 43.8% | 16.1% | 12.4% | 16.0% | 8.22% | 1.60% | 4.05% | 34.4% | 11.2% | 12.8% | 27.5% | 31.3% | 12.1% | 3.55% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.4% | 17.8% | 4.09% | 16.3% | 54.9% | 44.6% | 11.4% | 3.99% | 6.29% | 4.47% | 20.8% | 8.85% | 95.4% | 1.59% | 76.9% | 1.53% | 4.08% | 8.54% | 1.36% | 98.3% | 16.9% | 3.74% | 17.6% | 21.8% | 3.72% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.72% | 4.22% | 2.10% | 65.0% | 7.72% | 74.7% | 1.08% | 4.42% | 45.9% | 3.97% | 80.0% | 1.68% | 4.99% | 13.9% | 1.25% | 1.60% | 11.5% | 4.48% | 1.62% | 10.6% | 19.5% | 7.19% | 12.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.03% | 24.9% | 47.2% | 17.6% | 47.9% | 26.5% | 47.9% | 2.93% | 6.57% | 36.5% | 26.9% | 48.9% | 20.7% | 40.9% | 18.1% | 18.9% | 53.2% | 11.9% | 9.25% | 16.6% | 17.7% | 27.4% | 16.9% | 58.5% | 79.6% | 4.48% | 17.3% | 12.6% | 10.6% | 11.7% | 96.7% | 25.7% | 30.9% | 21.8% | 19.4% | 3.30% | 5.54% | 95.9% | 17.0% | 33.0% | 1.08% | 9.46% | 16.3% | 22.3% | 10.7% | 16.4% | 14.8% | 41.3% | 4.20% | 30.8% | 12.9% | 15.8% | 19.6% | 37.5% | 12.0% | 5.87% | 17.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.42% | 9.10% | 9.93% | 6.18% | 27.6% | 14.8% | 2.39% | 3.76% | 18.7% | 44.1% | 14.1% | 4.67% | 13.8% | 3.29% | 45.3% | 23.8% | 5.38% | 22.9% | 4.35% | 6.04% | 8.07% | 3.07% | 31.1% | 35.1% | 47.3% | 6.35% | 3.84% | 19.1% | 5.92% | 7.54% | 13.1% | 15.5% | 12.6% | 76.4% | 10.7% | 9.89% | 24.7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.57% | 98.0% | 57.2% | 58.2% | 7.51% | 11.3% | 54.7% | 26.4% | 97.7% | 98.3% | 90.0% | 18.6% | 83.7% | 72.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19.4% | 10.5% | 8.26% | 13.3% | 2.97% | 1.06% | 12.8% | 11.9% | 1.72% | 2.42% | 36.7% | 9.70% | 13.3% | 1.45% | 1.88% | 1.42% | 1.81% | 2.53% | 18.5% | 8.33% | 4.50% | 1.25% | 3.08% | 2.23% | 13.1% | 98.3% | 2.24% | 2.21% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11.4% | 28.3% | 2.01% | 9.82% | 15.2% | 7.62% | 30.7% | 7.34% | 27.5% | 21.1% | 55.3% | 11.0% | 24.3% | 32.9% | 57.6% | 3.11% | 19.1% | 93.0% | 11.0% | 8.51% | 1.13% | 9.32% | 24.2% | 24.9% | 3.41% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.78% | 31.4% | 14.6% | 12.2% | 53.5% | 3.03% | 69.4% | 74.5% | 6.77% | 64.8% | 4.26% | 37.2% | 8.82% | 9.55% | 48.4% | 13.0% | 8.97% | 1.81% | 2.10% | 2.92% | 17.0% | 10.3% | 6.56% | 25.4% | 12.1% | 21.9% | 2.76% | 19.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18.6% | 17.4% | 8.03% | 7.51% | 19.5% | 13.3% | 5.87% | 36.9% | 4.32% | 53.4% | 36.4% | 21.0% | 17.4% | 14.6% | 28.6% | 39.0% | 23.6% | 54.6% | 33.4% | 37.3% | 13.8% | 99.5% | 31.6% | 32.6% | 50.1% | 37.7% | 21.3% | 16.3% | 36.3% | 20.8% | 8.49% | 17.9% | 24.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.23% | 1.41% | 1.82% | 7.94% | 12.8% | 4.70% | 1.32% | 22.5% | 1.32% | 2.95% | 7.17% | 3.87% | 6.80% | 1.82% | 3.54% | 4.11% | 3.99% | 6.05% | 13.5% | 4.14% | 17.5% | 12.3% | 23.2% | 31.5% | 5.93% | 4.18% | 40.3% | 14.0% | 2.81% | 2.84% | 7.61% | 4.10% | 6.51% | 5.01% | 5.29% | 4.49% | 2.41% | 6.69% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||