Agriculture Crossword 5.1

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  1. 6. Large farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, such as cotton, cannabis, tobacco, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, opium, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, fruits, rubber trees and forest trees. Most common in tropical climates, leftover from colonial times.
  2. 7. Farming that focuses on investing a lot of resources and labor into small tracts of land in order to get high yields
  3. 8. Use many fields for crop growing each field is used for a couple years then left fallow for a relatively long time.
  4. 10. Small scale production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers as cash crops sold directly to local consumers. Distinguishable by the large diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, during a single growing season. Labor is done manually
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  1. 1. The natural features of the Earth, including landforms, climate, vegetation, and ecosystems. It plays a crucial role in shaping human activity, including farming practices.
  2. 2. structures designed to create an ideal environment for growing plants by controlling temperature, humidity, and light.
  3. 3. Commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area. Practiced is semi-arid or arid land, where vegetation is too sparse or the soil to too poor to support crops.
  4. 4. Farming that employs larger tracts of land and lower quantities of labor and resources.
  5. 5. Farming that combines the cultivation of crops with the raising of livestock on the same farm. This method allows for the integration of both crop production and animal husbandry, enabling farmers to diversify their sources of income and utilize resources more efficiently. The combination often leads to improved soil fertility and reduced risk through varied income streams, making it a sustainable option in many regions.
  6. 9. A form of subsistence agriculture where people rely on the herding of domesticated animals for their livelihood, moving from place to place in search of pasture and water. This practice is closely tied to specific environmental conditions, often found in arid and semi-arid regions where agriculture is challenging, allowing communities to adapt by following migratory patterns of their livestock to optimize resource use.