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Which of the following is NOT considered a physical input necessary for farming?
Which of the following is NOT considered a physical input necessary for farming?
- Labor (correct)
- Sunlight
- Rainfall
- Soil nutrients
What term describes crops that are primarily used for farmers' consumption rather than for sale?
What term describes crops that are primarily used for farmers' consumption rather than for sale?
- Cash crops
- Subsistence crops (correct)
- Commercial crops
- Fodder crops
Which of the following is an example of a useless output from a farming system?
Which of the following is an example of a useless output from a farming system?
- Food
- Animal waste (correct)
- Farm produce
- Wool
In the farming system, which of the following best describes the term 'feedback'?
In the farming system, which of the following best describes the term 'feedback'?
Which of the following processes converts inputs into outputs in farming?
Which of the following processes converts inputs into outputs in farming?
Farming is also known as ______.
Farming is also known as ______.
Inputs needed for farming include physical inputs like sunlight, soil nutrients, and ______.
Inputs needed for farming include physical inputs like sunlight, soil nutrients, and ______.
Useful outputs from farming include food and ______.
Useful outputs from farming include food and ______.
An example of a cultural input in farming is ______.
An example of a cultural input in farming is ______.
Feedback in a farming system can include money and farmers' knowledge as well as ______.
Feedback in a farming system can include money and farmers' knowledge as well as ______.
Flashcards
Farming Inputs
Farming Inputs
The things needed to start farming. Includes physical elements like sunlight and soil, as well as cultural elements like tools and labor.
Farming Outputs
Farming Outputs
The things produced by a farm. Can be useful, like food, or useless, like waste.
Cash Crop
Cash Crop
A crop grown and sold for money.
Subsistence Crop
Subsistence Crop
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Farming System
Farming System
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Physical Inputs
Physical Inputs
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Cultural Inputs
Cultural Inputs
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Useful Outputs
Useful Outputs
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Useless Outputs
Useless Outputs
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Study Notes
Farming System
- Farming is also known as agriculture
- It involves growing crops and raising livestock
- Farm produce is used for food and other products
- Farming is a system with inputs, processes, and outputs
Inputs
- Physical inputs: sunlight, soil nutrients, land, rainfall, air temperature
- Cultural inputs: technology, labor, fertilizers, pesticides, capital
Processes
- Farming processes convert inputs into outputs
- These include ploughing, irrigating, fertilizing, harvesting, feeding
Outputs
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Useful outputs: food, farm produce
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Useless outputs: pollutants, animal waste, sewage, crop residue
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Cash crops: sold for money
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Subsistence crops: used as food by farmers
Feedback
- Feedback refers to things put back into the system
- Examples include money, farmer knowledge and skills
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