Agriculture
Across
- 3. Land suitable for farming
- 5. agriculture with mechanized technology, fossil fuel use, manufactured chemicals, & large-scale irrigation
- 8. The use of genetic engineering to introduce new genes into organism to produce more valuable products; includes genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- 10. Different techniques from chemical and biological pest control and other techniques are mixed to better combat pests and weeds
- 12. Raising of aquatic animals and plants for food; mitigates loss of wild species but concentrates pollution; risk for disease, etc.
Down
- 1. In the mid to late 1900s; developing of new technology, crop varieties, and practices to improve global food security
- 2. The amount of crop produced in a given area
- 4. The goal of providing a guarantee of adequate and reliable food for all people at all times
- 6. Agriculture that does not deplete soil faster than it forms; not reducing the quality or amount of soil, water, or genetic diversity
- 7. Organizations that preserve seeds of diverse plants as an insurance policy against crop collapse
- 9. Huge warehouses or pens designed to deliver energy-rich foods to livestock or poultry; reduces land use but concentrates pollution and risk of disease, etc.
- 11. agriculture with the use of man and animal power, non-motorized machines, etc.; typical until the Industrial Revolution