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Mezzogiorno - Primary Activities
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Leaving Cert Geography (Regional Geography) Mind Map on Mezzogiorno - Primary Activities, created by Tom Cahill on 29/10/2013.
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Mezzogiorno - Primary Activities
Farming
20% work in farming
Climate
Sirocco
Spring - damages buds and foliage
Rainfall
Drought in summer
Drought-resistant crops
East gets 900mm
irrigation used
citrus/grapes
Sicily prodices 2/3 of Italy's citrus fruits
expensive to install
Relief
85% mountaineous
poor grass growht
Mainly goat and sheep farmers
prevents the use are large machinery
Soils
thin and infertile
farming mainly on naturally fertile ground
Volcanic Soils
Alluvial Soils
eliminates cost of buying expensive fertilisers
growing tourist market has led to a demand for fresh produce
Fishing
high coastal population
Mediterranean not rich in fish
tuna, sardines
pollution limits growth of plankton
west- most towns have fishing ports
Salerno
EU Quotas pose problems
limited the development if the industry
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