Farming is an example of a primary economic activity because it involves taking various inputs like climate, soil, money, labor and machines, and processing them through activities like plowing, planting, harvesting, and milking to produce outputs like crops, livestock, and other agricultural products. There are different types of farming including arable, which focuses on crop growing; pastoral, which specializes in animal rearing; and mixed, which combines both crop and animal farming. Farming can also be subsistence, where most produce is consumed on the farm, or commercial, where the majority is sold for profit.

1. A system is something that takes inputs and processes (or changes) them into useful products (or outputs )

2. Orange Juice Production Input: Orange Process: Squeezing the orange Output: Orange Juice

3. Farming is an example of a primary economic activity -Why is this? There are many types of farming which produce different types of produce. Can you think of any?

5. INPUTS Inputs are: Physical (climate, relief, soil) or Human (money,machines, labour) PROCESSES Ploughing Planting Weed & Pest Control Harvesting Silage/Grazing Shearing Milking

6. OUTPUTS Outputs are: Crops or Animal Rearing and / or Products PROCESSES Ploughing Planting Weed & Pest Control Harvesting Silage/Grazing Shearing Milking

7. Arable Growing and harvesting of crops Pastoral Specialise in rearing of animals Mixed Both pastoral and arable farming

8. Arable, pastoral or mixed?

12. In subsistence farming the produce is consumed by the farmer and his family. Any surplus is usually used to buy other goods. In Commercial farming, the majority of the produce is sold to make a profit.