Ch. 10 Agriculture

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Across
  1. 2. a form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land
  2. 5. a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used to crops for a relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period.
  3. 6. a large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country.
  4. 7. a flooded field for growing rice
  5. 8. the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
  6. 9. an area where it is hard to find food
  7. 11. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
  8. 12. agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.
  9. 15. agriclture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by farmer and the farmer's family
  10. 18. Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.
  11. 19. the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
  12. 20. The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
  13. 21. the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied
Down
  1. 1. farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil-restoring crops with cash crops and reducing inputs of fertilizer and pesticides.
  2. 3. The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil.
  3. 4. a patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
  4. 10. Degradtion of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as excessive crop planting.
  5. 13. comercial gardening and fruit farming, so named because truck was a Middle English word meaning "bartering" or "exchange of commodities."
  6. 14. rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizer
  7. 16. harvesting twice a year from the same field
  8. 17. a system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation