This is where started our work on agriculture.
Types of Farming:
1. Commerical Farming - the growing of crops / rearing of aniamls to make a profit
2. Subsistence Farming - where there is just sufficient food producted to provide for the farmer's own family
3. Arable Farming - involves the growing of crops
4. Pastoral Farming - invovles the rearing of animals
5. Intensive Farming - where the farm size is small in comparison with the large amount of labour, and inputs of capital, fertilisers etc. which are required.
6. Extensive Farming - where the size of a farm is very large in comparison to the inputs of money, labour etc.. needed
FARMING SYSTEMS
INPUTS - these are things that go into the farm and may be split into Physical Inputs (e.g. amount of rain, soil) and Human Inputs (e.g. labour, money etc.)
PROCESSES - these are things which take place on the farm in order to convert the inputs to outputs (e.g. sowing, weeding, harvesting etc.)
OUTPUTS - these are the products from the farm (i.e. wheat, barley, cattle)
Depending on the type of farming e.g. arable/ pastoral, commerical / subsisitence, the type and amount of inputs, processes and outputs will vary.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/agriculture/char_farmrev2.shtml
Farming as a system, BBC Bitesize
The Green Revolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
Wikipedia is a good place to start
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6496585.stm
BBC, The limits of a Green Revolution
http://www.indiaonestop.com/Greenrevolution.htm
From Bengal Famine to Green Revolution
http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/SNYDERD/APHG/Unit%205/GreenRev.htm
The Green Revolution in India
If you back up your notes with reading these websites it makes a great case study for Agricultural Processess and Population with reference to Boserup and the fact that man is infinitely inventive and creative in solving the problems of feeding people. Although in this case it wasnt particularly successful.
Subsistence Farming
Ourr LEDC case study for this was from The New Wider World Textbook
Commercial Farming
