Rural Unit- Definitions

Question 1

Arable Farming

Answer 1

Farming which specialises in producing crops e.g wheat,barley,rice

Question 2

Over-Cultivation

Answer 2

The excessive use of farmland to the point where productivity falls due to soil exhaustion

Question 3

Yields

Answer 3

How many crops a particular field, farm or area of land produces. It also applies to milk ( yields) from dairy cows

Question 4

Subsistence farming

Answer 4

Farming which uses simple technology and the production of food for the individual farmer’s family is the priority. There is often no food left to sell

Question 5

Irrigation

Answer 5

The artificial watering of the land

Question 6

Intensive Farming

Answer 6

Farming over a large area of land, field sizes are very large

Question 7

Agriculture

Answer 7

The work of growing crops or rearing animals

Question 8

Extensive farming

Answer 8

Farming over a small area of land, field sizes are small

Question 9

Soil erosion

Answer 9

The loss of soil from a field’s surface by the action of wind or water often accelerated by human actions

Question 10

Commercial Farming

Answer 10

Farming which for a profit. Growing crops or rearing animals for sale