GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  Beef cattle farming is an important industry in the United States and throughout the world. Since beef cattle can graze forages in the open range and pastureland, they serve a unique role in providing high quality protein for human consumption from byproducts and forage sources that humans do not consume. Considerable land in the U.S. and the world that will not support intensive crop production, can often times sustain grasses and forages that conserve the land, and produce feeds that cattle can utilize. Beef cattle production is dispersed throughout the U.S., but a significant amount of beef is produced on the rangelands of the Western U.S. The following are factors for the development of beef farming in USA; Good soil which has encouraged the growth of pastures The use of irrigation schemes to ensure constant supply of pastures The presence of good animals varietieties like Aberdeen Angus, Red Angus, polled Hereford and cross breed zebu Reliable transport and communication n...

HERE ARE 9 FACTORS FAVOURING COFFEE FARMING IN UGANDA The local environmental conditions are favourable to coffee growing in many parts of Uganda i.e. heavy, reliable and well distributed rainfall throughout the year. Also the temperature range of between 140C and 260C favour coffee growth. The individual ownership of land in the growing areas favours coffee growing. Farmers own large tracts of land on which they have been able to grow coffee. Availability of large market for coffee domestically and foreign, Uganda’s coffee is of high quality and highly demanded in Western Europe and Asian countries. The effect of colonial legacy i.e. it made it compulsory for households to grow coffee in order to improve on their income. Presence of cheap labour recruited from household family members and neighbouring densely populated region. Improved transport network based on road which has favoured easy transportation of coffee to market centre. Favourable government policy of encouraging peop...