Level: JHS, Basic 8 | Subject: Integrated Science | Strand: Systems | Topic: Farming Systems (Factors Affecting the Choice of a System)
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Part A has 20 tick-box questions. Part B has 5 essay questions with a marking guide at the bottom.
Test Yourself: 20 Objective Questions
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1. A farming system is
2. Growing two or more crops on the same plot at the same time is
3. Growing crops and keeping animals on the same farm is
4. Growing only one crop on a piece of land is
5. Moving to a new piece of land when the old one loses fertility is
6. Farming without chemical fertilizers and pesticides is
7. Which of these is an ECONOMIC factor that affects the choice of farming system?
8. Which of these is an ENVIRONMENTAL factor?
9. Which of these is a SOCIAL factor?
10. A farmer with very little money is more likely to choose
11. A merit of mixed cropping is that it
12. A demerit of monocropping is that
13. A merit of monocropping is that
14. A demerit of shifting cultivation is that
15. Which factor is likely to make a farmer choose a cash crop?
16. Poor roads to the market make farmers
17. Why is crop rotation a good system?
18. A large farm for one cash crop such as rubber is called a
19. Government support for farmers is an example of a
20. Which statement is TRUE?
Essay Questions
- (a) What is a farming system? (b) List four farming systems used in Ghana. (6 marks)
- Discuss three economic factors that influence the choice of a farming system. (6 marks)
- Explain how climate and soil affect the farming system a farmer chooses. (4 marks)
- State two merits and two demerits of mixed cropping. (4 marks)
- Mr. Asare has a small piece of land, little money and a big family. Suggest a suitable farming system for him and give two reasons. (4 marks)
Essay Questions: Marking Guide for Teachers and Parents
- (a) The way a farmer organises land, crops, animals, labour and money to produce food (2). (b) Any four (1 mark each): shifting cultivation, bush fallowing, crop rotation, mixed cropping, mixed farming, monocropping, organic farming, plantation farming.
- Any three economic factors, 2 marks each (1 for the factor and 1 for how it affects the choice): capital, market demand and price, cost of labour and inputs, roads and transport, storage.
- Climate decides which crops can grow, e.g. rainfall and temperature (2). Soil type and fertility decide which crops do well and whether fallowing or manure is needed (2).
- Merits, any two (1 mark each): spreads risk, uses land well, food through the year. Demerits, any two (1 mark each): hard to use machines, crops compete, harder to manage.
- A suitable system is small scale mixed cropping or mixed farming (2). Reasons, any two (1 mark each): needs little capital, the family can supply the labour, food is available through the year, risk is spread, land is used well.
Education Always (education.inspiringalways.com). Original practice questions, not official WAEC or BECE questions.