Theme 3 - Food Production Flashcards
Farming Types
arable
farms growing grain & crops such as wheat
Farming Types
pastoral
farms raising livestock such as cows
Farming Types
nomadic
where farmers move their livestock from one grazing area to another
Farming Types
sedentary
where the same land is farmed year after year in a single location
Farming Types
plantation
where a single crop is grown on a large area of land
Farming Types
monoculture
growing a single crop or type of animal in a specific area
Farming Types
crop-rotation / shifting cultivation
- clearing a plot of land (usually forest)
- it’s used for a few years
- as soil fertility declines, it’s abandoned
- farmers move to new plot
also known as “slash and burn”
Farming Types
capital intensive
agriculture that uses a large amount of capital and land to increase productivity
Farming Types
labour intensive
agriculture that requires a large amount of human labor relative to the size of the land
Farming Types
extensive
farming that uses large areas of land with relatively small amounts of resources
Farming Types
commercial
farming for profit, instead of the farmer’s own consumption
Farming Types
subsistence
farming for the farmer’s own consumption, instead of for profit
Food Production Systems
inputs
things which are put into the farming system
e.g. labour, capital (money), seeds & livestock
Food Production Systems
pesticides
substances used to control, destroy, or repel pests in food production
Food Production Systems
fertiliser
substances that are applied to crops to increase their productivity and yield
they supply crops with nutrients
