TYPES AND SYSTEMS OF

FARMING
FQPA
Education Instructor
 FARM
It is an area of land, or water bodies, devoted
primarily to the practice and managing food,
fibre and fuel.
 FARMING
Farming is the activity of growing crops and
raising livestock.
Food security
High productivity and enhance farm income
Effective recycling of resources
Employment generation
 TYPE 0F FARMING
The type of farming refers to the nature and
degree of products or combination of product
being produced in a farm and the method of
practice used in the farm.
 SYSTEM OF FARMING
The system of farming concerned with the
organizational set-up under which the farm is
being run.
 FACTORS DETERMINING THE TYPE OF
FARMING
Physical Factor
climate,soil,topography
Economic and Social Factor
availability of capital and labour
location of processing plant
marketing facilities
Objective of the Farmer
income, production, minimizing cost
 THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE
The climate of a particular place affect what
types of plant grow well here.
Important Factors:
hours of sunshine
temperature
rainfall
Way to overcome on climate affects
artificial irrigation system
new farm management practices
PHILIPPINE CLIMATIC ZONE
 TYPES OF FARMING
A. On the basis of farm size
large scale farming
small scale farming
B. On the basis of annual rainfall
dry farming/
dry land farming
rainfed farming
C. On the basis of value of product
extensive farming
intensive farming
D. Other type
ranching or pastoral farming
irrigated or garden land farming
organic farming
landless livestock farming
 SPECIALIZED FARMING
Major enterprise contribute more than 50% of
total farm income. ( dairy farming, poultry
farming, sugarcane farming)
Advantages:
efficient utilization of land, labour and
equipment.
better management and marketing
efficiency skill are increased
 SPECIALIZED FARMING
Disadvantages:
greater risk
fertility of soil cannot be maintained
 DIVERSIFIED FARMING
A number of enterprises are taken up on a farm
and no single enterprise are relative more
importance. ( crop + livestock + fishery farming )
Advantages:
better use of resources
risk is reduced
regular and quicker return are obtained
from various resources.
 DIVERSIFIED FARMING
Disadvantages:
marketing is insufficient
ineffective supervision and mismanagement
better equipping of the farm is not possible
 MIXED FARMING
Combination of two or more than independent
agricultural enterprises on the same farm.
In mixed farming system income from livestock
sector should be at least 10-49%.
Advantages:
efficient use of land, labour, equipment and
other sources.
proper use of by product
provide employment and better income
 MIXED FARMING
Disadvantages:
ineffective supervision and mismanagement
better equipping of the farm is not possible.
 LARGE SCALE FARMING
Size of herd or flock is large and it needs more land,
labour, and capital.
Advantages:
per unit cost of production is less
mechanization of farm activities
increased efficiency of land, labour and by
product
 LARGE SCALE FARMING
Disadvantages:
risk is high
difficulties in supervision
 SMALL SCALE FARMING
Size of herd or flock is small and it is easy to
manage by family labour and requires less
capital.
Advantages:
Risk is due to natural calamities.
Effective supervision
 SMALL SCALE FARMING
Disadvantages:
per unit cost of production is high
mechanization of farm activities are not
possible
farmers dont get employment round the
year
 DRY FARMING
Farming in the area where rainfall is deficient
with coincidence of high wind velocity resulting
into heavy water loss and there is no assured
source of artificial irrigation.
 INTENSIVE FARMING
More capital is used in small area.
Involves chemical, fertilizer, pesticides and
growth regulator hormones.
Provide large quantity of relative cheap food.
Intensive farms are profitable.
 MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
Enclosed Animals Disease spreads quickly

Pesticides Disturb food chain ( Pollutes water

bodies)

Use lots of antibiotics Do not tell consumer

Hormones enhanced meat Growth hormones can affect the

consumer
 EXTENSIVE FARMING
It is an agricultural farming production system
that uses small inputs of labour, fertilizers, and
capital relative to the land area are being
farmed. ( sheep and cattle farming)
Advantages:
less labour per unit area
lower requirements of inputs such as
fertilizer
 EXTENSIVE FARMING
Disadvantages:
yields much lower than intensive farming
Ranching/Pastoral Farming
practice of grazing animal on pasture.
common practice in cooler region with less
population density.
Irrigated/Garden Land Farming
artificial resource of water for irrigation in area
where rainfall is insufficient.
Landless livestock farming
practice of grazing animals on the roadside,
Govt land, or road side.
 ORGANIC FARMING
Is a form of agriculture that relies on
technique such as crop rotation, compost and
biological pest control to maintain soil
productivity and to control pest on the farm.
 SYSTEMS OF FARMING
Peasant Farming
organizational set-up in which individual
cultivator is the owner, manager, and organizer
of the farm.
State Farming
farm operation and management is done
by the Government official and University.
 SYSTEMS OF FARMING
Capitalistic Farming
Ownership and management under rich person
(capitalist), or group of individuals
(shareholder).
Collective Farming
Farm ownership and management under
society.
All family head member surrender their land,
livestock, and machine to the society.
 SYSTEMS OF FARMING
Co-operative Farming
Members pool their resources voluntarily and
manage farm jointly under a democratic set-up.
A part of the profit is divided in the proportion to
the land contributors, and rest is distributed in
proportion to the labour contributed by each
farmer.