This document discusses different types of farming systems around the world and provides guidance for presenting on several case studies: - It introduces several major types of farming systems to research and present on, including tropical plantation agriculture in Malaysia, extensive pastoralism in the Pampas, irrigation agriculture in the Nile Valley, intensive subsistence farming in the Ganges Valley, and intensive commercial mixed agriculture in the Netherlands. - For each case study, the presentation should cover where it is located, how the farming system functions, and the key human and physical factors that influence the system and affect food production. - The presentations will be short, around 3 slides and 3 minutes each, and should include a handout for the group

1. Types of farming systemsYou should understand that there are many different types of farming system around the world You should have case studies of how different farm systems around the world function and varyYou should use and apply the human and physical factors in a located context

2. Types of farming – some case studiesYou are to conduct some research into the following farming types for a short (3 minute!) presentation to the rest of the group. Your presentation should be accompanied by a hand out for everybody to use to revise from.The areas;Tropical commercial Plantation agriculture in MalaysiaExtensive commercial pastoralism in the Pampas Irrigation agriculture in the Nile ValleyIntensive subsistence farming in the Ganges ValleyIntensive commercial mixed agriculture in the NetherlandsFor each you will need not more than 3 slides on where it is, how the farming functions as a system, and which major human and physical factors affect the systems, how it affects food supply and production. – Time allowed 25 Minutes

3. What limitations or problems are there with this map?

4. The factors affecting farming types.Short presentations.Farming types – what types are there? Around the world agriculture maps - For each type of farming in Waugh pages 438 to 447:How does it work?What technology is available? What are the major influences? – diamond ranking.Case study and location.

5. Odd One Out reviewTemperature, Inheritance, SlopeArable, Commercial, PastoralTechnology, Government, farm sizePloughing, GM crops, Nitrate fertiliserLots of labour, capital intensive, extensive