A farm keeps 500 cross-breed cattle, 40 Jersey cows, 100 pigs and 400 chickens, alongside 300 hectares of maize, cotton, wheat and soya beans, producing beef, milk, eggs and maize seed. Which farming system is this?

Aextensive ranching.

Bshifting cultivation.

Cmixed farming.

Dmarket gardening.

Explanation: Keeping several types of livestock together with a variety of crops on the same farm is the defining feature of mixed farming.

Derived from ZIMSEC Geography 2248/2 Paper 2, June 2013, Q5

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