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GCSE			Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
A3 The Economic World			2  Characteristics of farm systems
Chapter 2  pages 52-53			Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
Characteristics of farm systems:  • intensive/extensive • commercial/subsistence • arable/pastoral • organic. The broad physical, economic, political and human factors affecting a farmer’s choices.
students should - Classify farms using the terminology in the content. Explain the factors that influence farmer’s choices.
Characteristics of farm systems:   (1 lesson)			Classifying farms Classify the above farms according to the bullet points on page 52. The Farmer's Decisions From page 53 draw a spider diagram to illustrate the factors which influence a farmer in his choice of activities. BBC bitsize (Scotland) farming decisions
Sheep on Skye	Potato farming in Langham
Eden project - village smallholding in Malaysia		Pig farming on the Suffolk coast at Covehithe
Vineyard at Boxted		Strawberries under poly in Langham
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