Food Production Flashcards
Inputs, processes and outputs in food prod
I- things that go into the farm, P- things that take place in farm to make Inputs Outputs, O- products from farm
Commercial farming
Growing of crops/ rearing of an8mals for profit
Subsistence farming
Sufficient for farmers family
Arable farming
Growing of crops
Pastoral farming
Rearing of animals
Intensive farming
Farm size small compared to labour, money and materials needed
Mixed farming
Farming involving growing of crops and raising of livestock
Extensive farming
Farm size large compared with inouts needed
Farming factors
Labour, climate, market, relief, soils, finance, tradition, aspect (direction slope faces- South facing is best), politics
Yield
Amount of crops harvested- output
Irrigation
Watering the land
Subsides
Financial help that allows farmer to increase input and so produce more crops
Natural factors leading to food shortage
Drought, floods, tropical cyclones, pests
Reasons for food shortages
High birth rate, subsistence farmers cant invest in their farm, poor gov cant invest in farms, good farmland used by big corps, overused soil, short wet seasons, low food variety, political instability
Human factors affecting food shortage
Low capital investment, poor distribution and transport difficulties, wars
