Green Revolution Crossword Puzzle

6. term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth.
7. large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, presticides, and high crop varieties.
9. occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families.
12. focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability to meet the needs of future generations.
13. the application of controlled amounts of water to plants as needed in intervals.
14. a form of pastoralism when livestock are herded in order to find fresh pastures on which to graze.
15. measure of availability of food and individuals' ability to access it.

1. highly mechanized, large-scale farming,usually under corporate ownership.
2. process of using agriculture machinery to machanize the work of agriculture.
3. an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.
4. _____ farming is when farming is done on man made terraces that have been built upon a slope.
5. process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm; cultivation of plants for food.
8. the activity of running a large farm, especially one used for raising cattle, horses, or sheep.
10. a form
11. careful preservation and protection of something.