Explain THREE forms of production. – NABTEB QUESTION

FORMS OF PRODUCTION ARE:

(i) Primary production: This is the extraction of food and materials from land and sea, e.g. mining, agriculture, quarrying, lumbering, fishing etc.

(ii) Secondary production: This is the transforming of raw materials into finished goods. OR the manufacturing and construction af raw materials into finished goods e.g. textile making, saw milling, cement making, building construction, road construction, food processing etc.

(iii) Tertiary production: This is the production of all services to satisfy human wants e.g.

(a) Commercial services, banking, warehousing, advertising etc.
(b) Direct services or personal services e.g. shoe making, gardening, house maid services etc.
(c) Indirect services are the civil and government services e.g. public teachers, police force and armed forces

OR

FORMS OF PRODUCTION ARE:

1. Industrial activities: these are concerned with the actual production of goods and services

The activities include:

(a) Extractive or primary: This is concerned with extraction of raw materials from natural resources e.g. mining, drilling, farming etc.

(b) Manufacturing/secondary: This is concerned with activities involved in turning extracted raw materials into finished goods e.g. textile making, banking etc.

(c) Construction/secondary: This is concerned with activities involved with the converting of manufactured goods into other goods, e.g. building bridges, assembling cars etc.

2. Commercial /tertiary occupations: These are concerned with activities aimed at making goods and services available to consumer Trade is buying and selling carried on through retailing and whole selling Aids to trade are facilitating activities that make trade easy and smooth e.g. banking, transporting, warehousing etc.

3. Services/Tertiary: These are personal services rendered directly or indirectly for the satisfaction of human wants by professionals. Indirect service occupation includes teaching, nursing etc. Direct service occupation includes cooking, gardening etc.