The Economic World

PRIMARY INDUSTRY: extraction of raw materials from the ground or the sea

SECONDARY INDUSTRY: manufacturing of goods using raw materials from primary industry

TERTIARY INDUSTRY: Involves the provision of different services

Farming is classified as a primary industry:

FARMING SYSTEMS

• Subsistence Farming is when crops and animals are produced by a farmer to feed their family rather than take it to market.
• Commercial farming when crops and animals are produced to sell at market for a profit.
• Arable farms grow crops
• Pastoral farms rear animals
• Extensive farming is where a relatively small amount of produce is generated from a large area of farmland. Inputs will be low with low labour.
• Intensive farming is where a large amount of produce is generated from a relatively small area of land. Inputs will be high to achieve a high yield per hectare.
• Organic Farming is environmentally friendly without using chemicals

• Set aside: where a certain proportion of a farmers…