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 resources or products from the Earth, and include five main sections (FFFEM):
Farming
Fishing
Forestry
Energy
Mining

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