Farming Systems

Farming systems refer to the ways by which farming activities are carried out. Farmers have ways of handling their farms. There are some farmers who grow one crop at a time. Others grow different crops on the same field at the same time. Other farmers grow and rear animals on the same field or on a different field. The ways by which a farmer manages his / her farm are referred to as farming system.

Some farming systems practiced in Ghana are:

1. Land rotation

2. Mixed farming

3. Crop rotation

4. Monocropping

5. Shifting cultivation

6. Pastoral farming

7. Mixed cropping

8. Monoculture