Across
- 3. Daily access to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life
- 5. The wearing away of topsoil by wind or water
- 8. Rows of trees planted to shield crops from wind damage
- 9. Diet lacking essential minerals and nutrients
- 10. Not enough calories to meet basic energy needs
- 13. Material added to soil to enhance plant growth
- 14. Steps cut into steep hillsides to prevent erosion and grow
- 17. Clearing forests to create farmland or plantationsSubsistenceFarming Producing just enough food to feed a family
- 18. Alternating strips of crops to reduce soil erosion
Down
- 1. Farming method often in tropical areas for crops like bananas and coffee
- 2. Growing only one type of crop on a large scale
- 4. Animals used for labor on farms
- 6. Farming with added inputs to grow more food than needed for survival
- 7. Water that flows over the ground surface, often carrying soil with it.
- 11. Farming using large amounts of energy, water, fertilizers, and pesticides
- 12. Growing crops between rows of trees to retain soil moisture
- 15. Farming practice that minimizes topsoil disturbance
- 16. Planting crops along the natural slope of the land to reduce runoff