Food and Agriculture

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Across
  1. 3. widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food
  2. 4. the wearing away of rock or soil
  3. 5. raising aquatic organisms for human use or consumption
  4. 7. harvesting catching or removing more organisms than a population can replace
  5. 12. the use of living organisms to control pests
  6. 13. the accumulation of salt in soil
  7. 15. when arid land areas become more desertlike because of human activities
  8. 16. chemicals used to kill insects, weeds and pests
Down
  1. 1. a condition that occurs when people do not consume enough calories
  2. 2. the amount of food that can be produced in an area
  3. 6. land that can be used to grow crops
  4. 8. when genetic material in living cells is used for medical or industrial use
  5. 9. the amount and type of food a person eats
  6. 10. the surface layer of soil
  7. 11. animal species that have been bred and managed for human use
  8. 14. partly decomposed organic material