Primary activities are directly dependent on environment as these refer to utilisation of earth’s
resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals. It, thus includes, hunting
and gathering, pastoral activities, fishing, forestry, agriculture, and mining and quarrying.
Can call it the raw sector
forestry
hearding animals
Mineing
Fishing
SECONDARY
Secondary activities add value to natural resources by transforming raw materials into valuable
products. Secondary activities, therefore, are concerned with manufacturing, processing and
construction (infrastructure) industries
Can call it the servicing sector
prosessing raw metirial
Rifining petroleum
turnijg metal into tools and automobiles
Manufaturing
TERTIARY
Tertiary activities include both production and exchange. The production involves the ‘provision’ of
services that are ‘consumed. Exchange, involves trade, transport and communication facilities that
are used to overcome distance.