Chapter 5.1 Food Security Key Words

3. the cultivation of single crop in one area
6. to store large amounts of good or materials, in this instance food stores
9. a system of farming that uses a small amount of labour and capital investment to the area of land being farmed
12. a fuel derived from biomass (plant or algal material, or animal waste)
14. the growth of plants without soil
15. chemicals used to control unwanted fungi in commercial food crops
18. a chemical or natural product that can be added to soils to increase nutrients available for plants
19. to limit the amount of food each person or family is allowed to purchase
20. the supply of water to land or crops to help plants grow
21. food derived from organisms in which DNA has been changed known as GM crops.
23. security when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life

1. aid help given to a country or region suffering from food insecurity
2. when a farmer grows food for their family and not to sell at the market
4. lack of adequate nutrition, caused by not having a balanced diet, or enough to eat.
5. suffering or death caused by lack of food
7. describing things of the same kind, e.g. the crops produced by a farmer may be all of the same kind.
8. when humans grow plants and animals for specific characteristics, e.g. high yield or drought tolerance
10. a soil free farming system that uses the waster produced by aquatic organisms (fish) to supply nutrients to plants being grown hydroponically
11. the extreme scarcity of food
13. a system of farming that uses large amounts of investment and labour and capital investment relative to the area of land being farmed
16. an increase in salt content, usually of agricultural soils, irrigation water, or drinking water.
17. chemicals used to control unwanted plants in commercial food crops
22. nutrient deficient soils due to crops being continuously grown on them.