FARMING OR AGRICULTURE

6) Find out what are: CAP, BSE, GM FOODS and GREEN REVOLUTION, write a few lines about each topic.

CAP- is a system of European Union agricultural subsidies and programmes. The CAP combines a direct subsidy payment for crops and land which may be cultivated with price support mechanisms, including guaranteed minimum prices, import tariffs and quotas on certain goods from outside the EU.

BSE- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease (MCD), is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease in cattle, that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord.

GM FOODS- Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods derived from genetically modified organisms. Genetically modified organisms have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering, using a process of either Cisgenesis or Transgenesis.

GREEN REVOLUTION- Green Revolution refers to the transformation of agriculture that began in 1945, largely due to the life work of Norman Borlaug.

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MODERN MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE

PLANTATION AGRICULTURE

MARKET GARDENING

DRY AND EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

SHIFTING CULTIVATION

EXTENSIVE COMMERCIAL FARMING

WET RICE FARMING

FARMING OR AGRICULTURE

1) KEY WORDS

CROPS, cultivos

CATTLE, bovinos

RELIEF, franquicia

SOIL, suelo

LABOUR, laboral
FARMER, agricultor

YIELD, rendimiento

HERD, rebaño

SEEDS,

semillas

INPUT/OUTPUT, entrada/salida

2) THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE.

Read this text and make a framework with the main ideas:

“ Agriculture is important for a number of reasons: - Agriculture provides employment. About 45% of the world’s workforce was employed in farming in the mid-1990s; Although the economic importance of agriculture is declining, as measured by contribution to GNP, it is still of considerable significance in many countries. In India it accounts for 30% of GNP, Ethiopia 51%, Ghana 45%, and Tanzania 56%. - Food production conti

nues to rise and yields per hectare have increased. - Trade in agricultural products h

as increased. - Farmland accounts for about 36% of global land use. About 10% of the world is used for arable agriculture, 26% for permanent pasture, 30% forest, and the rest urban and waste land. - Agriculture provides the basis of many manufacturing and service industries such as food processing, agricultural equipment, agricultural inputs (seeds, fertiliser, etc.) and a variety of services including finance, veterinary, m

arketing, and transport.”

*.Agriculture provides employment.

*.The importance of agriculture is declining.

*.Agriculture is important in some countries, like India.

*.Agricultural trade has increased.

*.Agriculture is the basis for many industries.

*.It also affects other sectors.

3) CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE

Join words and definitions.

arable-the cultivation of crops

commercial-products are sold to make profit

intensive-high imputs and yields per unit area

nomadic-farmers moved seasonally with their herds

extensive-low imputs and yiels per unit area

pastoral-rearing animals

sedentary-farmers remain in the same place throughout the year

subsistence-products are consumed by the cultivators