Chapter 10: Agriculture

3. commercial gardening and fruit farming
5. a flooded field for growing rice
6. commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry
7. the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
9. farming methods that preserve
12. an area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain
13. the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied
14. the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil
17. the time when humans beginnings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
19. degradation of land, primarily because of human actions
20. harvesting twice a year from the same field
21. a system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation

1. a form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land
2. the production of food primarily for sale off the farm; found in developed countries
4. a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for a relatively few years and then left fallow for a long period
8. the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family; found in developing countries
10. rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology
11. a large farm in a tropical or subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country
15. the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
16. a patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
18. a form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
22. term productivity