Types of Farming Methods

Small-scale farming that provides primarily for the family

“Farming done by me for me”Tools:HandsShovel

HoeRakeWaterWheel barrel

Crops:Corn

WheatVegetables

This type of farming benefits the immediate family – the farmer himself

Found in every country South of the SaharaMost common around the World!

Descriptive Words:SmallFamily

Hard WorkPersonal

Long DaysSmall Profit

VillageHand Tools

Most PracticedHard Earned

Large-scale farming where farmers produce cash crops primarily to sell for a

profit“Farming done for the money”

Tools:

Tractors

Plows

Combines

Crops:Palm OilCocoaCoffee

PeanutsVegetable Fiber

This type of farming benefits the foreign companies who own them

Found in: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar

Descriptive Words:Land

EquipmentLargeProfitSell

Foreign OwnedCash

MoneyEconomy

Jobs

Farmers move from place to place, burning and clearing the land for new farms

“Nomadic Farming”Tools:MatchesGasoline

AxeHoe

Crops:RubberCocoaCoffee

This type of farming benefits Businesses and Plantation Owners

Found in Ghana, Burundi, Liberia

Descriptive Words:Tiring

MovingBurningClearing

TemporaryTime Consuming

ForestsNew

Ecosystem

Farming technique that helps to protect the land

“Farming done for the environment”

Tools:Different Crops

Better Seeds

FertilizersIrrigation

Crops:CornMaize

Vegetables

This type of farming benefits the Environment

Found in Zambia and Nigeria

Descriptive Words:Environment

SaveProtectBetterMore

EfficientConserve

Farming that is done on permanent settlements “Farming in the same

spot”Tools:Same tools

used for Subsistenc

e and commercial

farms

Crops:CocoaCoffee

Vegetables

This type of farming benefits The workers of the farms

Found in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Descriptive Words:Same

Over and OverStationaryGood SoilOld FarmsPermanent

StillNever Move