HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Johann Heinrich von Thünen, a Prussian landowner, introduced an early theory of agricultural location in Der isolierte Staat (1826) (The Isolated State). The Thünen model suggests that accessibility to the market (town) can create a complete system of agricultural land use.

Detailed explanation-2: -Von Thunen’s model examines the location of several crops in relation to the market. The location of crops, according to him, is determined by: (i) The market prices, (ii) Transport costs, and (iii) The yield per hectare.

Detailed explanation-3: -The von Thunen’s location theory or model states that if environmental variables are held constant, then the farm product that achieves the highest profit will outbid all other products in the competition for location.