1. Economic Development
& Use of Resources

2. Agricultural Systems Arable, pastoral and mixed farming:
Arable farms cultivate crops. (No Livestock)
Pastoral farming: Involves livestock (Dairy, Beef Cattle, etc)
Mixed farming: Cultivate crops and raising livestock, together.

3. Arable Farm

4. Pastoral Farm

5. Modern livestock farm

6. Mixed Farming

7. Mixed farm. Aquaponics.

8. Subsistence & Commercial Farming
Subsistence farming: Most basic model of agriculture. Product consumed by farmer.
Commercial farming: Sell everything that the farm produces. Profit purposes.

9. Extensive & intensive farming
Extensive Farming: Cover large areas of land. Small amount of produce is obtained in relation to the size of the farm.
Intensive Farming: High production in comparison to size of the land. Market gardening, dairy farming and horticulture.
Organic Farming: No manufactured chemicals are used. (Fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, etc). Higher labor requirements.

10. Plantation crops
Plantation crops: Large farms producing a single cash crop. Originally developed in tropical areas. They are an example of monoculture (growing one dominant crop, tea, coffee, rubber, bananas and sugar cane).
Water-intensive staple crop: 90% of agricultural water is used for rice production liters of water are used to produce 1 kg of rice. Terracing is creating levels of cultivating sections of soil.

11. Banana plantation

12. Rice plantation

13. Food shortages
Causes: Soil exhaustion, drought, floods, tropical cyclones, pests and disease. (Natural)
Low investment, rising population, poor distribution/transportation, conflict.

14. Food aid and Green Revolution
Relief food aid: Delivered directly during crisis.
Programme food aid: Provided to a country’s government for sale at local markets.
Project food aid: Targeted at specific group of people as part of a long term effort.

15. The Green Revolution Advantages:
Yields are higher than traditional farming.
Shorter growing season.
Farming incomes increase.
More variety
Better infraestructure

16. The green revolution Disadvantages:
Middle and higher income farmers benefit more than small farmers.
Mechanization increased rural unemployment.
Taste of many products have changed.
The UN has reported diseases related to nutritional value of Green Revolution Crops.