Ch 10 key issue 4
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Human Geography [1]
Hannah Struck and Alex Hodges Key Issue 4: Why do farmers face economic difficulties? Challenges For Commercial farmers *Importance of Access to markets ?The von Th?nen model was introduced by Johann Heinrich von Th?nen in 1826 to help explain the importance of proximity to market in the choice of crops on commercial farms. A rough schematic is reproduced below: City Horticulture and dairy Forestry Crop rotation Alternating pasture and crop Animal grazing ?The basic premise of von Th?nen?s model is that the more perishable and difficult to ship something, the closer it will be to the market.(Applicable at a global or national scale) *Overproduction in commercial farming