MYP Agricultural systems

What is an agricultural input?

• everything that goes into the production of an agricultural product
• everything that goes into making the agricultural product
• the results of the agricultural process
• What is put back into the system

Agricultural inputs can be split into two categories:

• Physical and human
• Capital and machines
• Positive and negative
• Good and bad

All of these are examples of physical agricultural inputs. Except:

• Skills
• Climate
• Water
• Land

All of these are examples of human agricultural inputs. Except:

• Land
• Labour
• Knowledge
• Skills

What is an agricultural process?

• everything that goes into making the agricultural product
• the results of the agricultural process
• What is put back into the system
• everything that goes into the production of an agricultural product

All of these are examples of physical agricultural process. Except:

• Skills
• Seeding
• Feeding
• Fertilising

What is an agricultural output?

• the results of the agricultural process
• everything that goes into making the agricultural product
• What is put back into the system
• everything that goes into the production of an agricultural product

Agricultural outputs can be split into two categories:

• Positive and negative
• Physical and human
• Capital and machines
• Action based or not

All of these are examples of positive agricultural outputs. Except:

• Pollution
• Eggs
• Milk
• Money

All of these are examples of negative agricultural outputs. Except:

• Eggs
• Water pollution from pesticides
• Soil erosion
• Dead animals