Farming key words 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyEcology, ecosystems and environmental biologyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: 08rmorrisCreated on: 25-03-15 14:59 Farming designed to maximise yield of produce by making use of any appropriate technology intensive farming 1 of 11 Farming with minimum input from the farmer, e.g. upland sheep farming Extensive farming 2 of 11 Farming that uses few agrochemicals and so does not pollute the environment organic farming 3 of 11 Farming for the farmer's own needs rather than for profit. Today mainly carried out in third-world countries Subsistence farming 4 of 11 Raising livestock indoors in large numbers to increase productivity factory farming 5 of 11 growing a single crop in a field monoculture 6 of 11 growing many different crops in the same space, imitating the diversity of a natural ecosystem polyculture 7 of 11 a farm that grows crops arable 8 of 11 a farm that grows animals; the pasture is the grass that is grazed pastoral 9 of 11 a farm that grows both plants and animals mixed 10 of 11 collective name for chemicals applied to crop and animals, including fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides, dips agrochemicals 11 of 11
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