Agriculture

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Across
  1. 3. Land suitable for farming
  2. 5. agriculture with mechanized technology, fossil fuel use, manufactured chemicals, & large-scale irrigation
  3. 8. The use of genetic engineering to introduce new genes into organism to produce more valuable products; includes genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
  4. 10. Different techniques from chemical and biological pest control and other techniques are mixed to better combat pests and weeds
  5. 12. Raising of aquatic animals and plants for food; mitigates loss of wild species but concentrates pollution; risk for disease, etc.
Down
  1. 1. In the mid to late 1900s; developing of new technology, crop varieties, and practices to improve global food security
  2. 2. The amount of crop produced in a given area
  3. 4. The goal of providing a guarantee of adequate and reliable food for all people at all times
  4. 6. Agriculture that does not deplete soil faster than it forms; not reducing the quality or amount of soil, water, or genetic diversity
  5. 7. Organizations that preserve seeds of diverse plants as an insurance policy against crop collapse
  6. 9. Huge warehouses or pens designed to deliver energy-rich foods to livestock or poultry; reduces land use but concentrates pollution and risk of disease, etc.
  7. 11. agriculture with the use of man and animal power, non-motorized machines, etc.; typical until the Industrial Revolution