rural land use

3. Harvesting twice a year from the same field.
4. Rotation- The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil.
5. Capturing the fish faster than they can reproduce
7. Any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season.
8. the deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth’s surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.
13. Revolution Rapid diffusion (spread) of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.
14. Dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity
16. Agriculture Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.

1. Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting. Also known as semi-arid land degradation.
2. Tillage A system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation.
6. The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
9. Modified Organism A living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.
10. Agricultural Land The most productive farmland.
11. Security Physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
12. revolution The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
15. A patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning.