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Agricultural Production Systems
Starter
Do the following images show a farming INPUT, PROCESS or OUTPUT?
• To summarise key information and describe the different agricultural production systems.
• To apply the systems model theory to farming examples.
Learning objectives
Agriculture is a system with inputs, processes and outputs.
The farming system
The following system model can be applied to all types of farming, regardless of scale or location.
Physical TemperaturePrecipitation
ReliefType of soilDrainage
Cultural Tenure
InheritanceFarm size
Economic TransportMarkets
TechnologyGovernments
CapitalLabour
Behavioural Age
AmbitionKnowledgeExperiencePerception
INPUTS PROCESSES OUTPUTS
Decision-making
Individual farmers
Groups of farmersThe state
MethodsPloughingPlantingSpraying
HarvestingFeedingMilking
Breeding
Crops (e.g. wheat, sugar beet)
Animal products (e.g. meat, milk,
wool)
Outputs exceeds inputs =
profit and wealth
Income from outputs
equals cost of inputs = stability
Outputs less than inputs = loss and
poverty
Most important in areas where agriculture is less developed
Your task is to gather information on each type of farming.
Make bullet point notes of the key information on your recording sheet.
Activity: Information hunt
• Agricultural production can be classified into seven systems.
• These classifications clearly show the contrasts in different types of farming.
Your task is to create a systems diagram for each of the case studies, to show how food is produced.
Your diagram should display the inputs, processes and outputs that are suggested by the text.
Activity: Systems diagrams
Read the three case studies on pages 214-215 in AQA AS Geography:
• Soy farming in Argentina
• Land reform (cattle farming) in Botswana
• Commercial farming in HIC’s
Growing enough to feed a household or community
Plenary
Subsistence farming
Intensive farming
Arable farming
Rearing animals
Livestock farming
Growing produce for sale
Commercial farming
Maximising return from land using high inputs of labour,
capital, machinery and fertiliser
Low inputs of labour and capital on a large scale
Extensive farming
Growing crops and rearing animals
Mixed farming