HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Von Thunen Model Used to explain the importance of proximity to market in the choice of crops on commercial farms 1826 Germany Cost of land vs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The above figure provides an overview of Von Thunen’s agricultural land use model with the basic assumptions being applied (isolation, ubiquity, transportation). It can be divided into two parts: The pure isolated state over an isotropic plain (left).

Detailed explanation-3: -The agricultural location theory is a normative economic model that was first presented by Johann Heinrich von Thünen, a Prussian landowner, in 1826 in a book called Der Isolierate Stat (Isolated State). This theory is based on the concept of Economic Rent which is prevalent in farm market distance relationships.