Agriculture and Rural Land

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  1. 6. the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants.
  2. 7. a careful preservation and protection of something especially; planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect.
  3. 8. the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas.
  4. 10. the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm; the cultivation of a plant for food.
  5. 12. means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.
  6. 13. an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food, in contrast with an area with higher access to supermarkets or vegetable shops with fresh foods, which is called a food oasis.
  7. 15. a seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock between highland and lowland pastures.
  8. 16. an area of fertile land in the Middle East, extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates in a semicircle from Israel to the Persian Gulf.
  9. 18. the cultivation of aquatic organisms especially for food.
  10. 19. a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem.
  11. 20. a series of links connecting the many places of production and distribution and resulting in a commodity that is then exchanged on the world market.
  12. 22. the activity of running a large farm, especially one used for raising cattle, horses, or sheep
  13. 23. focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
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  1. 1. the clearing or thinning of forests by humans.
  2. 2. the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
  3. 3. the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.
  4. 4. a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
  5. 5. highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporate ownership.
  6. 6. the agricultural practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land.
  7. 9. a measure of the availability of food and individuals’ ability to access it.
  8. 11. the process of using agricultural machinery to mechanize the work of agriculture, greatly increasing farm worker productivity.
  9. 14. when farming is done on manmade terraces that have been built into slopes.
  10. 17. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agricultural.
  11. 21. the cultivation of domesticated crops and the raising of domesticated animals.