Noel Jenkins @ Court Fields

Three videos we’ll use in the lesson this week:

Benefits of water video

Agricultural aid video

Example of another aid scheme video

Also information about Guinea worm is here 

Here’s the link to the farm website

Syllabus summary for agriculture As usual, start here first.

Revision websites:

BBC Bitesize doesn’t have a section on agriculture but there are a couple of relevant podcasts on this page

S-Cool however, has a useful page on agriculture

Flashcards:
From Geobytes, download the farming flashcards here

Google Earth:
UK agriculture A Google Earth tour of different farming types in the UK

Important case studies:
Recommended farming examples:
(Arable) Lynford House Cambridgeshire more info
(Dairy) Manor Farm Worcester more info here and here
(Market Gardening - EU) Westland - you have to use your notes!
(Intensive farming in an LEDC) Rice farming SE Asia or Plantation agriculture in Costa Rica
(Extensive agriculture in an LEDC) Shifting cultivation Amazon Basin

Meeting the rising demand for food:
Politics (Common Agricultural Policy “CAP”) more info
Irrigation (Aral Sea) more info
Inappropriate technology (Tanzania Canada Wheat Project) more info
Appropriate technology (Turra Water Dam, Darfur) more info

A range of Geography revison “audiobite” podcasts can be found at the Bitesize site

click to visit

At the moment the relevant topics include rivers, coasts agriculture and development. The question is; would you use them for revison?

Click this link to see a Live Local collection that identifies the different land types found in hill farming areas.

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Live Local is Microsoft’s answer to Google Earth and in many cases the photographs are much clearer. You can now see them in 3D too, by installing 3D Virtual Earth. It’s free, though you need broadband and Internet Explorer 6 or 7.
It’s worth getting to know how to use Live Local, because it’s very useful for the coursework project.