3.2 Food Production

Question 1

Subsistence farming

Answer 1

Growing enough crops just for yourself/family.

Question 2

Commercial farming

Answer 2

Growing crops and or animals to sell in order to make a profit

Question 3

Extensive farming

Answer 3

It involves a low input of capital, material and labour with large amounts of land.
It produces a low yield of product from a large area of land

Question 4

Intensive farming

Answer 4

It involves high inputs of capital, fertilisers and labour, and labour-saving technologies such as pesticides.
The object = to get as high a yield of product as possible from a small area of land

Question 5

Describe 4 natural problems which cause food shortages

Answer 5

• drought causes crop failure,
• floods destroy crops,
• tropical storms destroy crops/cause flooding,
• pests eat crops,