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Which one of the following is most likely to result in soil erosion?   Select an answer contour ploughing crop rotation afforestation terracing hedgerow removal  


Which of the following is an input into the farming system?   Select an answer meat labour ploughing crop rotation milk  


During the 1960's scientists developed new strains of rice called HYVs. What is this development known as?   Select an answer The Green Revolution Rice High Yielding Varieties Irrigation Crop Rotation  


What term is used to describe the artificial watering of farmland?   Select an answer Canals Shaduf Irrigation Terracing Dams  


Subsistence farming is......   Select an answer growing food to sell to a market using every bit of farmland available farming over a very large area when farmers produce only enough food to be consumed by themselves farming with a very large number of inputs  


Commercial farming is........   Select an answer growing food to sell to a market using every bit of farmland available farming over a very large area when farmers produce only enough food to be consumed by themselves farming with a very large number of inputs  


Intensive farming involves......   Select an answer growing food to sell to a market using large quantities of inputs farming over a very large area when farmers produce only enough food to be consumed by themselves farming with a very large number of inputs  


What is the CAP?   Select an answer Common Animal Policy Creative Agricultural Policy Compulsive Agricultural Policy Creating AgriculturalPolicy Common Agricultural Policy  


Arable farming is......   Select an answer the growing of crops and the rearing of animals the rearing of animals the growing of crops growing enough to feed your family. none of the above  


Pastoral farming is.....   Select an answer the growing of crops and the rearing of animals the rearing of animals the growing of crops growing enough to feed your family. none of the above  

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