Pastoral Farming

This is a farming system in which the farmer rears animals like sheep, cattle etc on a large scale and moves them from place to place in search of food and water.

Advantages

• The farmer can obtain meat or milk from the animals.

• The farmer can use the droppings for manures.

Disadvantages

• Excessive grazing will destroy the vegetation of the land.

• Over garzing will cause erosion.

• The animals could also be attacked by predators.

• There could be easy outbreak of diseases such as anthrax