Farming system

Growing crops such as sugar beet, potatoes or cereals

Rearing animals such as sheep and cattle

Combination of crops and animals on the same farm

Growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, often in climate controlled conditions such as greenhouses

Farming to sell the produce. Most farmers sell what they grow – cash crop farming

Farming just to provide a supply of food for the farmer and family. This type is usually found in developing countries

Farming that causes minimal impact on the environment by not using damaging practices

Either a large area farmed with limited inputs of labour and capital (e.g. hill sheep farming); or a large area with limited labour and high investment of capital and technology

Either a small amount f land farmed by large labour supply with limited technology and investment (e.g. rice farming in the Ganges valley); a large amount of capital. Labour and technology is used in a relatively small area as in horticulture

Growing crops such as sugar beet, potatoes or cereals

Rearing animals such as sheep and cattle

Combination of crops and animals on the same farm

Growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, often in climate controlled conditions such as greenhouses

Farming to sell the produce. Most farmers sell what they grow – cash crop farming

Farming just to provide a supply of food for the farmer and family. This type is usually found in developing countries

Farming that causes minimal impact on the environment by not using damaging practices

Either a large area farmed with limited inputs of labour and capital (e.g. hill sheep farming); or a large area with limited labour and high investment of capital and technology

Either a small amount f land farmed by large labour supply with limited technology and investment (e.g. rice farming in the Ganges valley); a large amount of capital. Labour and technology is used in a relatively small area as in horticulture