3.2 factors affecting farming

Question 1

What does Nomadic mean?

Answer 1

Nomadic means a community that regularly moves to and from the same areas.

Question 2

What does subsistence mean?

Answer 2

Subsistence is the growing of crops and raising livestock for only one’s own use.

Question 3

What is plantation farming?

Answer 3

Plantation farming are crops grown over a large scale for commercial profit.

Question 4

What are some natural inputs which may influence a crop?

Answer 4

Some natural inputs are:
- Temperature: crops require a minimum temperature for growing and it encourages photosynthesis.

• Precipitation: precipitation in the form of rain needs to be high enough to encourage plants to grow.
• Altitude: how high the land is, affects the temperature and the type of precipitation ( precipitation increases with height)
• Relief and soil: the shape of the land can influence what type of farming can occur on it. A steep slope has thin soils which causes increased surface run off. While gradual slopes have deeper soils.

Question 5

What are some human inputs which may influence a crop?

Answer 5

human inputs for a crop are:
- Capital (money) and technology: the lack of capital may mean that countries are unable to take advantage of developments such as new strains of breeds and improved machinery and irrigation.

• governments: can impose quotas on certain crops and subsidies to farmers that grow others (to encourage the growth of sed crop or to help the farmers actually turn a profit)

Transport and markets: transport is an expensive part of farming. Perishable commodities require an efficient transport network.