farming

Question 1

what are the 4 types of farming that I don’t know

Answer 1

1. commercial: a company who grows/sells crops 2. subsistence: grow just enough for your family with a small surplus 3. intensive: intensively overworking the land by spreading fertiliser over stand not giving it time to recover 4. extensive farming: laving the land time to recover and not spreading fertilzer

Question 2

factors that influence farming 1 the gradient

Answer 2

the gradient can affect the drainage of the land, what kind of machinery can be used and what of animals can be kept there

Question 3

2. the soil

Answer 3

1. fertility: depends which kind of plants can grow there 2. drainage: well drained soils to prevent water logging which can harm crops and livestock 3. soil type: the soil type depends on what crops and animals can be raised there

Question 4

climate

Answer 4

climate can influence the types of crops that can be grown and. for example irelands mild temperature and wet climate leads to a lot of grass that can be grown so its good for pastoral

Question 5

rainfall

Answer 5

the amount of rain can cause watterlogging which can cause some crops to be unable to grow but irelands well drained soils prevent that

Question 6

sunlight

Answer 6

some crops need lots of sunlight which ireland doesn’t get a lot of preventing us from growing certain crops

Question 7

relief

Answer 7

the lowlands of ireland offer extensive areas of relatively flat land suitable for arable farming and mechanised agriculture

Question 8

polders

Answer 8

low level land is selected for land reclamation and Han a dam is built than the water is pumped out using pipelines than most of the time crops are planted from the nutrient rich sea bed floor