Types of Agriculture

What does the word Agriculture NOT mean?

• cultivation of land or field

• the science and art of producing crops and livestock

• the science or practice of farming

• The culture of being agro.

Select the answers that are the types of agriculture

• Nomadic

• Subsistence

• Commercial

• Urban

• Solar

Shifting Cultivation is about

• shifting your thoughts about how to cultivate

• rotating crops

• moving the crop when growing

• moving the crop to another farm

Farming for a living mostly for use or consumption by the family is known as

• Intensive Pastoral Farming

• Urban Cultivation

• Subsistence Cultivation

• Commercial Cultivation

Pastoral Farming concentrates on

• growing crops and rearing animals

• Only grows crops

• producing food only to feed themselves

• concentrates on rearing animals

Most farms in Australia are

• Commercial farms

• Subsistence Farms

• Consistence Farms

Commercial farmers does NOT focus on

• making a profit

• feeding the family and friends

• growing crops and/or rearing animals

• working hard

Arable farms

• grow crops that are harvested from the ground

• rear animals

• is not a form of commercial farms

• is not a form of subsistence farming

Farms that rear animals- either for animal by-products such as milk, eggs or wool or for meat are called p (a)   farms.

A farm producing apples for sale can be described as a

• Pastoral Farm

• Subsistence Farm

• Mixed Farm

• Commercial Farm