Farming

• subsistence farming


  when farmers farm to provide enough food for their family
• commercial farming 


  when farmers produce large amounts of product to sell and make profit from
• Intensive farming advantages


  easier and quicker to maximise amount of food product produced

  (higher yield with less land)

  make more profit which allows buying machinery / fertilisers and having more access to workers
• Commercial farmers in AC's advantage

  farming as a job (allows profit) - can afford equipment to mechanise

  good communications enable transport to market

  large demand = high yield
• Nomadic


  constantly on the move
• Arable


  farming crops
• Mixed farming


  animals and crops
• Pastoral


  farming animals
• Intensive farming


  use large amounts of tech, money, machinery or workers
• Extensive Farms


  small input but more land
• Eutrophication


  process where nutrients accumulate in water

  growth in micro-organisms lead to less oxygen in water
• Economies of Scale


  as size of production increases, the unit price decreases