Across
- 2. sistems – A complex interrelated matrix of soil, plants ,animals, implements, power, labor, capital and other inputs controlled in part by farming families and influenced to varying degrees by political, economic, institutional and social forces that operate at many levels.
- 5. - Development opportunity crops.
- 6. - A chemical used in agriculture, such as a pesticide or a fertilizer.
- 9. Millet cientific name – Panicum miliaceum
- 10. - A cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable.
- 12. - Key staple crop -
- 14. - Key staple crop -
- 16. - The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
- 20. - All the animals that live wild in a particular area
- 22. - The concentration of human populations into discrete areas. This concentration leads to the transformation of land for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation purposes.
- 26. - The fact of becoming more diverse.
- 27. - A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 28. - Key staple crop -
- 29. - Represents a more precisely defined group of plants, selected from within a species, with a common set of characteristics.
- 30. - The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
Down
- 1. - The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- 3. scientific name – Digitaria exilis
- 4. - Non-timber forest products -
- 7. - Refers to the second part of a plant's botanical name.
- 8. - The act of protecting Earth's natural resources for current and future generations-
- 11. Revolution - A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
- 13. change - Long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates.
- 15. - Voidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance with social responsibility.
- 17. use - Describe the human use of land. It represents the economic and cultural activities
- 18. - An insect that carries pollen from one plant or part of a plant to another.
- 19. - The variety and variability of animals, plants and micro-organisms that are used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture, including crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries.
- 21. prodduction - The strategy with sensitivity to place and scale in order to sustain local communities and provide new job opportunities while preserving the quality of the environment.
- 23. degradation - Is the physical, chemical and biological decline in soil quality.
- 24. security - The state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
- 25. diversification - Taking a variety of nutrients in your diet.