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topic 6 the primary sector
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agricultural space · · · · · farming fishing forestry mining quarrying
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physical factors in agriculture 1 climate ·rainfall most need between 900mm and 1200mm per year ·temperature crops need the temperature to be above 10° to be able to grow c
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physical factors in agriculture 2 relief·sunny and shady sides of mountains ·exposure to the wind ·incline of slopes ·altitude
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physical factors in agriculture 3 soil thickness deep soil is more appropriate for the cultivation of most crops because roots have more space to expand.
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· nutrients the more appropriate nutrients the soil has the better it is for agriculture.
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vegetation · vegetation provides the soil with humus so the more vegetation an area shas the more fertile the soil will be
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human factors in agriculture · population growth · economic and technological conditions · land ownership · farm size · agricultural policy · customs
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population growth · need to produce more food · a decrease in population means land is abandoned.
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economic and technological conditions
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land ownership · individual ownership or several people municipality cooperative company · to lease it or work it as sharecropper · day labourers
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farm size · smallholdings or large estates
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