Chapter 5.1 Food Security Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. the supply of water to land or crops to help plants grow
  2. 5. the extreme scarcity of food
  3. 7. a system of farming that uses large amounts of investment and labour and capital investment relative to the area of land being farmed. e.g. monoculture to produce high crop yield and use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
  4. 8. an increase in salt content, usually of agricultural soils, irrigation water, or drinking water.
  5. 10. suffering or death caused by lack of food
  6. 16. nutrient deficient soils due to crops being continuously grown on them.
  7. 19. when a farmer grows food for their family and not to sell at the market
  8. 20. farming in such a way to protect the environment, aid and expand natural resources and to
  9. 23. when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
  10. 24. chemicals used to control unwanted plants such as weeds in commercial food crops
  11. 26. the cultivation of single crop in one area
  12. 28. describing things of the same kind, e.g. the crops produced by a farmer may be all of the same kind.
  13. 29. the cultivation of multiple crops together in one area
  14. 30. farming that aims to rebuild and restore the biological and chemical processes that have diminished over time. It seeks to restore land, promote soil health, increase biodiversity, and improve water cycle. Integrate livestock, no till planting and keep the soil covered, no pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, polyculture, and agroforestry.
Down
  1. 1. a system of farming that uses a small amount of labour and capital investment to the area of land being farmed. e.g. polyculture with little to no use of chemicals
  2. 2. food derived from organisms in which DNA has been changed known as GM crops.
  3. 3. to store large amounts of good or materials, in this instance food stores
  4. 6. lack of adequate nutrition, caused by not having a balanced diet, or enough to eat.
  5. 9. when humans grow plants and animals for specific characteristics, e.g. high yield or drought tolerance
  6. 11. to limit the amount of food each person or family is allowed to purchase
  7. 12. a soil free farming system that uses the waste produced by aquatic organisms particular fish to supply nutrients to plants being grown hydroponically
  8. 13. chemicals used to control unwanted fungi in commercial food crops
  9. 14. yield the amount of crop harvested per unit area of land
  10. 15. the narrowing of diversity in crop species or lack of biodiversity in crops
  11. 17. the best use of nonrenewable resources to preserve the agroecosystem for the future.
  12. 18. chemicals used to control unwanted pests such as insects in commercial food crops. Also known as insecticides.
  13. 21. the growth of plants submerged in water and nutrients without soil includes technique of aeroponics which is misted with water and nutrients
  14. 22. a chemical or natural product that can be added to soils to increase nutrients available for plants
  15. 25. aid help given to a country or region suffering from food insecurity
  16. 27. a fuel derived from biomass (plant or algal material, or animal waste)