Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture — General Agriculture

Led by Norman Borlaug Simulacrum

The opening module of IGCSE Agriculture — land use systems, environmental limits on farming, GM and organic debates, and the economics of farming decisions. Taught by Norman Borlaug Simulacrum.

1. Module 1

   General Agriculture: Land, Systems and Economics

   Led by Norman Borlaug Simulacrum

   The question

   The farmer faces land with a fixed set of properties — slope, rainfall, soil type, temperature — and a market with prices that shift unpredictably. What agricultural systems are available, and how do environmental and economic factors determine which is rational in a given place? Norman Borlaug Simulacrum works through land use typology (rotations, mixed farming, monoculture, forestry, aquaculture), the environmental limits on farming, and the contested economics of organic production, hydroponics and GM crops. The session closes with the principles of supply, demand and diminishing returns that govern every farm gate decision.

   Outcome

   The student can describe agricultural systems, explain environmental limits on land use, discuss GM and organic debates, and apply basic economic principles to farming decisions. (Module 1 — General Agriculture)

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Land Use and Agricultural Systems Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 1.2 Environmental Limits on Land Use Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   3. ○ 1.3 Organic Production, Hydroponics and GM Crops Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   4. ○ 1.4 Agricultural Economics: Supply, Demand and Decision-Making Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   Begin the course → Print certificate of completion