Primary sector
What Primary sector means in Economics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The part of the economy that involves the extraction and harvesting of natural resources, such as agriculture, mining, fishing, and forestry.
Involves extracting raw materials, such as farming and mining.
The sector of the economy involved in the extraction of raw materials from nature.
Topics that use Primary sector
- Economic sectors (AQA GCSE)
- Production (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Deindustrialisation
- Tertiary sector
- Factors of production
- Good
- Goods
- Interdependence
- Labour Productivity
- Production
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