Across
- 2. the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.
- 5. the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.
- 6. an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on.
- 8. the production of crops of some vegetables on an extensive scale in regions especially suited to their culture primarily for shipment to distant markets
- 11. the production of crops for sale and is designed to produce crops for widespread distribution (supermarkets), larger markets, and export.
- 12. a way of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically.
- 13. a wet or irrigated rice field in Indonesia.
- 16. a mode of farming long followed in the humid tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America.
- 17. an area of land cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation.
- 18. a practice where farmers harvest one crop, and then plant and harvest a second crop in the same field – all within the same year.
- 19. 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. often in very densely populated areas of East, South, and Southeast Asia
Down
- 1. the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and combat pest and weed pressure.
- 3. the unprecedented increase in agricultural production in Britain between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries, was linked to such new agricultural practices as crop rotation, selective breeding, and a more productive use of arable land.
- 4. the emergence of new varieties of crops, specifically wheat and rice varietals, that were able to double if not triple production of those crops in two countries.
- 7. agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology.
- 9. a form of conservation tillage where the farmer builds ridges or raised beds.
- 10. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
- 14. an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food, in contrast with an area with higher access to supermarkets or vegetable shops with fresh foods, which is called a food oasis.
- 15. a region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand (without spoiling).