Farming Techniques

Question 1

Creating monocultures

Answer 1

Effects: take nutrients and not replacing them.
Alternative: grow other crops.

Question 2

Removal of hedgegrows

Answer 2

Effects: more space, remove plants=remove habitats.
Alt: don’t remove, maintain.

Question 3

Fill in ponds/drain marshland

Answer 3

Effects: more space, removing habitats
Alt: don’t fill/drain, maintain

Question 4

Over grazing of land e.g. Sheep

Answer 4

Effects: loss of nutrients, not replacing
Alt: move livestock around, if you have the space

Question 5

Escape of effluent into water

Answer 5

Effects: fish die
Alt: crop rotate, not over grazing so no sewage of fields

Question 6

Use of fertilisers/inorganic pesticides

Answer 6

Effects: death of animals
Alt: reduce use, use biological control or GM

Question 7

Absence of crop rotation

Answer 7

Effects: take nutrients out of soil without replacing.
Alternative: rotate crops, add artificial nutrients.