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The document outlines farming systems, detailing inputs, processes, and outputs, with classifications based on input amounts, output types, and output uses. It describes various farming types, including intensive, extensive, arable, pastoral, mixed, subsistence, and commercial farming. Additionally, it discusses the major farming regions in China, their primary crops, and factors such as climate and rainfall that affect farming distribution.

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Farming systems.

-​ It consists of inputs, processes and outputs.


-​ Examples of inputs include matter (raw materials), energy inputs (sun).

System: [Inputs ↝ Farming ↝ Processes ↝ Outputs ↝ Market ↝ Cash ↝ Inputs]


​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ /
[Inputs ↝ Farming ↝ Processes ↝ Outputs ↝ Own Uses ↝ Save Cash ↝ More Inputs]

There are many types of farming which are classified by using different criterias.

1.​ Amount of inputs per unit of land.


-​ Intensive farming:
。High inputs: e.g. labour, machines, capital, etc. per unit of land.
。Farms are usually small.
-​ Extensive farming:
​ 。Low inputs: e.g. labour machines, capital, etc. per unit of land.
​ 。Farms are usually large.
*Note that the determining factor is the farm size.

2.​ Types of outputs.


-​ Arable farming:
。Growing of crops, e.g. rice farming in South China.
-​ Pastoral farming:
。Rearing of livestock, e.g. chicken rearing in Brazil.
-​ Mixed farming:
。Both growing of crops and rearing of livestock are done on the same
farm, e.g. mixed farming in Australia, wheat-sheep farming.

3.​ Use of outputs.


-​ Subsistence farming:
。Farm produce is used as food for the farmer and his family.
-​ Commercial farming:
​ 。Farm produce is for sale.

*Note that farmers tend to invest less money for commercial farming as they rely on market
sales.

Farm Lands in China.


-​ A farming region is an area growing the same major types of crops using
similar farming methods.
-​ China can be broadly divided into 3 major farming regions:

1.​ North & Northeast China: Wheat as the major crop, other crops including
corn, soybean and potatoes are also grown.
2.​ West & Northwest China: Livestock such as sheep and cattle are reared on
grassland.
3.​ South China: Rice as the major crop, other crops include vegetables.
。Places in South China are mostly hilly, so they use terraces to plant crops.
。High yield for small areas, which can feed a lot of people.

Factors affecting distribution of farming regions in China.


1.​ Climate - temperature.
◦ There is a minimum growing temperature ( mean average temperature )
and a minimum length of growing season for each type of crop.
◦ Temperature affects the length of growing season.
​ ◦ South China can grow crops throughout the year.
​ ◦ West and northwest China are not suitable for growing crops.
2.​ Climate - rainfall. (total average rainfall.)
◦ Crops requiring more water are grown in areas

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