Farming involves collecting natural resources and products from the Earth. There are five main sections of primary activities: farming, fishing, forestry, energy, and mining. Farming operates as a system with inputs that go into the system, such as seeds, fertilizers, and machinery. The outputs are the finished agricultural products. The processes that transform inputs into outputs include planting, growing, harvesting, and transporting crops. Key factors that influence farming include rainfall, temperature, soil type, growing season, labor, technology, relief of the land, and market demand.

1. Farming
Aims;
What is farming?
What processes are involved in farming?
How does farming operate as a system?

2. Food and their origins- draw
and plot on your world map!
Cashew nuts - India
Chocolate – Ivory Coast
Mangoes – Malaysia
Oranges – Spain
Brazil nuts – Brazil
Kiwi fruit – New Zealand
Bananas – Costa Rica
Sugar snap peas – Kenya
Wine – South Africa
Apples – France
Strawberries – Israel
Coffee – Columbia
Extension:
Why do you think these
products are produced in these
countries?

3. Primary activities collect natural resourcesPrimary activities collect natural resources oror
products from the Earthproducts from the Earth, and include five main, and include five main
sections (sections (FFFEMFFFEM):):
• FFarmingarming
• FFishingishing
• FForestryorestry
• EEnergynergy
• MMiningining

4. What factors are the best for
farmers?
 Using the card sort
hand out. Cut out all
the different labels.
 Try to match the
information.
 Glue the correct
matched pairs into
your notebooks.
 Colour code the
physical and human
factors

5. Rainfall Farming requires either human labour or machinery
Labour This is the demand for the agricultural products
Temperature Crops need between 250mm & 500mm per year
Market This is the length of time crops need to grow - wheat needs 90 frost free days
Growing season Crops need a minimum of 6 degrees C and three months of 17 degrees to ripen
Soil The higher you are the colder it gets so this affects the type of farming
Altitude Deep, fertile and well drained soil is best for crops
Quotas This may influence what is grown as certain types of farming need more capital
Attitudes Governments can also place limits on certain products to prevent surpluses
Finance Steep slopes result in thin and infertile soils and machinery is difficult to use
Relief Personal interests of the farmer and public will affect what is grown

6. Farming as a system
 Inputs; What goes into the system
 Output: Finished product
 Processes – The things which make inputs become
outputs

7. Farming as a system
 Inputs; What goes into the system
 Output: Finished product
 Processes – The things which make inputs become
outputs