1.

The food supply in China can meet the food demand for its people. Therefore, the rate of food
self-sufficiency in China is high.

2
Food shortages occur when the food supply cannot meet the demand.

3
Market gardening is the growing of cash crops such as flowers and vegetables.

4
Farming includes the growing of crops and the rearing of livestock .

5
Farming is the practice of producing food for people and raw
material for industries.

6
A farming system consists of inputs , processes and outputs .

7
There are physical and cultural inputs in a farming system.

8
In a vegetable farm, vegetables are the outputs .

9
Market gardening in the Netherlands is a kind of commercial farming which involves the growing of
cash crops.

10
A farm which practises intensive farming is small in size and with high inputs
per unit of land.

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The chart below shows a farming system. (2 marks)

Farming
X Y
processes

Which of the following matches of X and Y are correct?

X Y
1 Rainwater Pollutant
2 Farm produce Harvester
3 Machine Crop residues
A 1 and 2 only C 2 and 3 only
B 1 and 3 only D 1, 2 and 3

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Which of the following are farming processes? (2 marks)
1 Irrigating
2 Harvesting
3 Selling produce to markets
A 1 and 2 only C 2 and 3 only
B 1 and 3 only D 1, 2 and 3

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Which of the following characteristics of various types of farming activities are correct? (2 marks)
Type of farming Characteristic
1 Intensive farming High inputs per unit of land
2 Subsistence farming Selling farm produce to markets
3 Growing of crops and rearing
Mixed farming
livestock on the same field
A 1 and 2 only C 2 and 3 only
B 1 and 3 only D 1, 2 and 3