Across
- 6. means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use
- 7. deliberately planted and tended by humans that is genetically distinct from its wild ancestors as a result of selective breeding
- 9. the continual movement of livestock in search of forage for animals
- 11. the cultural landscape of agricultural areas
- 14. characteristics of farmers or their way of life
- 15. a factory like farm devoted to either livestock fattening or dairying; all feed is imported and no crops are grown on the farm
Down
- 1. highly mechanized, large-scale farming, usually under corporate ownership
- 2. the cultivation of aquatic organisms especially food
- 3. use of little labor and capital to increase agricultural productivity
- 4. the feeding relationships between species in a biotic community
- 5. a second crop is planted after the first has been harvested
- 8. the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and plantations, and related natural resources
- 10. the killing of wild game and the harvesting of wild plants to provide food in traditional countries
- 12. expenditure of much labor and capital on a piece of land in increase its productivity
- 13. the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting soil