Rural
Across
- 2. A widespread lack of food caused by different factors including drought
- 5. Chemicals which help crops to grow
- 8. Rows of trees or hedges planted to protect crops being damaged by the wind (7,5)
- 9. When people do all the work by hand (6,6)
- 11. People who buy goods
- 13. The application of modern farming techniques, eg. fertilisers, HYV seeds and irrigation (5,10)
- 16. Growing crops on a large scale for sale
- 17. Food that has been grown from seeds which have been altered by science (11,8)
- 20. When a hill has steps cut into the side to make more flat land to grow crops
- 21. When farmers undertake non-farming activities to make more money
- 22. Money that is paid to farmers to top up their income
- 23. The amount of crops harvested from a certain area
Down
- 1. Any kind of fuel made from living things eg. plants or waste
- 3. When crops are artificially watered by sprinklers and irrigation canals
- 4. When fields are used to grow the same crop in alternate years. This helps to maintain soil fertility (4,8)
- 6. The government's plan of action and the regulations and laws passed by them that must be followed (10,6)
- 7. The use of farm machinery
- 10. The cultivation of crops or animals for food (also called farming)
- 12. When farmers produce food without using chemicals
- 14. Rows of small trees and shrubs shaped into a wall of vegetation
- 15. A farm machine used to gather cereal crops such as wheat from fields (7,9)
- 18. Chemicals which kill pests that attack and eat crops
- 19. When farmers only grow enough food to feed themselves and their family