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Agriculture 4EPO

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  • Farmers add chemicals nutrients to soil to help plants grow bigger and strong
    Fertilisers
  • Large deposits of water
    Reservoir
  • Farmers grow only one type of plant. These farms can be very large.
    Monoculture
  • No limit in water use
    Irrigation farming
  • Toxic
    Poisonous
  • They make the landscape unattractive
    Plastic greenhouses
  • This uses only Natural rainfall. Farmers grow olives and grapes un this way.
    Dryland farming
  • Many diferent species grow in one área. Farms are smaller
    Polyculture
  • We cut down large areas of forest for agriculture
    Deforestation
  • Farmers get water from rivers and reservoir. The crops use a lot of water.
    Irrigación farming
  • Farmers use chemicals to stop insects and other animales from eating
    Pesticides
  • 2 types of farming
    Monoculture; polyculture; irrigación farming; dryland farming
  • Some farmers grow crops varietés that scientists hace created artificially un laboratories
    Modified crops
  • This method destroy the soil
    Irrigation
  • 2 Examples of tree crops
    Fruit trees; Orange and Apples
  • What are crops?
    Cultivared plants
  • What type of cultivation is the vineyard?(grapes)
    Shrub crops
  • Cereals and some vegetables. What type of cultivation are these?
    Herbaceous crops
  • What is landfill?
    Deep hole in the ground full of rubbish
  • Farmers can control temperatura, light and water. This means they can grow crops all year.
    Greenhouses