Food Flashcards
What is extensive farming?
Farms have smaller inputs and usually more land
What is commercial farming?
Farms with large amounts of money, machines and technology or workers
What is intensive farming?
A large estate (LEDCs) given to the commercial production of one crop
What is mixed farming?
Farms that grow crops and rear animals
What is pastoral farming?
Farms that rear animals (cows, pigs, sheep)
What is subsistence farming?
Only produces enough for the farmer and his family
What is arable farming?
Farms that grow crops (wheat, maize, rice)
What are the human inputs into a farm system?
Farm buildings
Labour
Rent
Physical
What are the physical inputs into a farm system?
Relief
Climate
Soils and drainage
Temperature
What are the processes in a farm system?
Running the farm
Weeding
Ploughing
Harvesting
What are the outputs from a farm system?
Crops
Milk
Beef
What physical factors influence which type of farming?
Climate
Relief
Soil texture/type
What is nomadic farming?
Animals are reared and the farmers and their families move from place to place in search of grazing
What is hydroponics?
Crops grown in nutrient-rich water indoors, often with artificial light
What does hydroponics create?
Clean crops usually for supermarkets
