Food production Definitions

Question 1

Arable farming

Answer 1

a type of farming which involves growing crops

Question 2

Pastoral farming

Answer 2

a type of farming which involves rearing animals

Question 3

Mixed farming

Answer 3

a type of farming involving both growing crops and rearing animals

Question 4

Extensive farming

Answer 4

a farming method which involves a low input of capital, material and labour with large amounts of land, and which produces a low yield of product from a large area of land

Question 5

Intensive farming

Answer 5

a farming method which involves high inputs of capital, fertilisers and labour/labour saving technologies(such as pesticides or machinery), and which produces a high yield of product form a small area of land

Question 6

Subsistence farmer

Answer 6

a farmer whose aim is to support himself and his family by growing crops or keeping livestock to survive and met the basic needs for food

Question 7

Commercial farmer

Answer 7

a farmer whose main aim is to grow crops or keep livestock to sell for a profit

Question 8

Shifting cultivation

Answer 8

a form of agriculture in which an area of ground is cultivated for a period of time and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored

Question 9

Indigenous

Answer 9

referring to the original inhabitants of a region or country before colonisation by people from other countries

Question 10

Division of labour

Answer 10

the way that a community shares the work between its members

Question 11

Sustainable

Answer 11

capable, by careful use and management, of being maintained over time for future generations to use or enjoy whilst meeting the needs of the present

Question 12

European Union(EU)

Answer 12

a group of European countries that have joined together to create an area for free trade of goods and services as well as the movement of people

Question 13

Common Agricultural Policy(CAP)

Answer 13

strategies for the control and the development of farming that have been adapted by all members of the European Union(EU)

Question 14

Grant

Answer 14

a sum of money given to an individual or organisation for a specific purpose

Question 14

Subsidies

Answer 14

benefits given to an individual or organisation usually in the form of a cash contribution or a reduction in tax to offset the full cost of the activity that the subsidy was provided for

Question 14

Agriculture

Answer 14

the production of food and other resources through the growing of plants and the raising of domesticated animals

Question 14

Direct payments

Answer 14

EU payments which are given directly to farmers who meet certain requirements of the EU for growing crops, keeping livestock, or looking after the countryside