1. LEDCs output consumed by the family
Physical Inputs
Climate – Amount of rain
temperature
Growing season
Relief – Soils and drainage
Possible Changes to the system
These are usually beyond the farmers control
Physical Changes
Floods
Drought
Diseases
Pests
Human Changes
Demand for the out put Market price Government policy e.g. change in subsidy improved technology
Process
Running the
Farm, the jobs
Needed to grow
The crops or rear the
Animals e.g. ploughing,
Planting, weeding,
Harvesting,
Milking.
Outputs
The products are produced
by the Farm; crops e.g.
wheat, oats, rice, Animal
products e.g. milk, wool,
eggs, Animals e.g. beef,
lamb, pigs, chicken
The farmer –
The decision
maker.
Human and economic inputs
Labour, rent, transport costs,
Machinery, fertiliser & pesticide,
Government control, seeds of
Livestock, farm buildings, energy,
Market demand.
MEDCs usually a profit for reinvestment

2. Farm Systems: Case study of Lynford House Farm

3. Location – Cambridgeshire
Lynford House Farm
Location – Cambridgeshire

4. Task Produce a system diagram of your own based on Lynford House Farm
Go to ‘Farming and countryside education’ homepage
Click on Farm profiles, UK Farms and Lynford House Farm.
Complete all boxes on the A3 handout in neat.
Think about the decisions that the farmer has had to make about this
farm. The information you gather will be used to compare farming in
MEDCs and LEDCs.
Learning Objective: To understand how a systems diagram fits into
a real life example. Virtual fieldwork.

5. Term you may not have come across:
Mineral and Organic Fen Soil – Scientific. Typical near water.
A fen denotes an area in which the soil is organic (peaty) and alkaline rather
than acid.
Vining Peas – Grown to be frozen.
CAP Reform – Common agricultural policy that
encourages farmers to do more with
their land for the environment.
Arable Aerial Aid – Update of CAP. Offers payments to farmer
who grow cereals.
DEFRA – Department for Environmental Food
and Rural Affairs.
Hundred Foot Wash – flooded area. Freezes and Is
skated on during winter.