Agricultural system: Farming

Farming is the activity or business (which is

indispensable for human survival) of crops
and animal livestock.

INPUT: Subsistence and commercial farmers

Types of farming

Subsistence Agriculture is the production of

food primarily for consumption by the
farmer's family. Commercial Agriculture is
the production of cash crops primarily for
sale off the farm.

USE OF LAND: Extensive or intensive farming

OUTPUT: Arable, mixed, or pastoral farming

Pastoral farming (also known in some

regions as ranching, livestock farming or Intensive farming is a type of agriculture,
grazing) is aimed at producing livestock, arable farming and animal husbandry, with a
rather than growing crops. In contrast, higher level of input and production per
arable farming concentrates on crops rather square unit of agricultural land area.
than livestock. Finally, Mixed farming Extensive agriculture is a farming system that
incorporates livestock and crops on a single uses a small amount of labor and capital
farm. relative to the area under cultivation.