EXTENSIVE FARMINGDone byWafa and Sabitha

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EXTENSIVE FARMING PICTURE ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES QUIZ

Extensive farming Extensive farming or extensive agriculture an

agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed.

Extensive farming most commonly refers to sheep and cattle farming in areas with low agricultural productivity, but can also refer to large-scale growing of wheat, barley and other grain crops in areas like the Murray-Darling Basin.

Here, owing to the extreme age and poverty of the soils, yields per hectare are very low, but the flat terrain and very large farm sizes mean yields per unit of labor are high.

 Nomadic herding is an extreme example of extensive farming, where herders move their animals to use feed from occasional rainfalls.

Advantages

Less labor per unit areas is required to farm large areas, especially since expensive alterations to land (like terracing) are completely absent.

Mechanization can be used more effectively over large, flat areas.

Greater efficiency of labor means generally lower product prices.

Animal welfare is generally improved because animals are not kept in stifling conditions.

Lower requirements of inputs such as fertilizers. If animals are grazed on pastures native to the

locality, there is less likely to be problems with exotic species.

Local environment and soil are not damaged by overuse of chemicals.

Disadvantage

Yields tend to be much lower than with intensive farming in the short term.

Large land requirements limit the habitat of wild species (in some cases, even very low stocking rates can be dangerous), as is the case with intensive farming

PICTURE

Extensive farming

These are some tips

Water your plants regularly The water which is left after drinking can

be used to water the home plants If the weather is too hot and your plants

are kept at a place were direct sun rays reach change the place of your plant and keep it near your window or anywhere else.

Quiz

What are the main features of extensive farming?

List 3 advantages of extensive agriculture.

How many commercial crops are grown in extensive farming? give example

List any 1 disadvantage of extensive farming.

Why is extensive farming is mostly practiced in the sparsely populated areas?