Chapter 10: Agriculture

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Across
  1. 3. Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm
  2. 8. The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied
  3. 11. A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for a relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period
  4. 14. A patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
  5. 17. Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil-restoring crops with cash crops and reducing inputs of fertilizer and pesticides
  6. 19. Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of humans actions such as excessive crop planting
  7. 20. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
Down
  1. 1. Harvesting twice a year from the same field
  2. 2. The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
  3. 4. The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil
  4. 5. Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family
  5. 6. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
  6. 7. The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
  7. 9. A form of subsistence agriculture
  8. 10. Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporation
  9. 12. An area where it is difficult to find edible/fresh food
  10. 13. A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country
  11. 14. A flooded field for growing rice
  12. 15. Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers
  13. 16. Commercial gardening and fruit farming, so named because truck was a Middle English word meaning "bartering" or "exchange of commodities"
  14. 18. A system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation