Across
- 5. a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties
- 7. a form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area
- 8. land that is prepared for agriculture by using the slash-and-burn method
- 13. a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
- 15. clearing forests to plant fields for a few years and then abandoning them
- 16. 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
- 17. system of planting crops on ridge tops to reduce farm production costs; promotes soil conservation
- 19. commercial gardening and fruit farming, so named because truck was a Middle English word meaning bartering or the exchange of commodities
- 20. a grass yielding grain for food. ex. oats, wheat, rye, or barley
- 21. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
- 22. agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology
- 23. a designation assigned by U.S. Department of Agriculture defining land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is also available for these land uses
- 24. the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
- 25. a machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field
Down
- 1. rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth
- 2. 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
- 3. farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
- 4. cultivation of crops carried out with simple hand tools such as digging sticks or hoes
- 6. the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
- 9. the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family
- 10. a traditional subsistence agricultural system in which practitioners depend on the seasonal movements of livestock within marginal natural environments
- 11. a flooded field
- 12. ring surrounding a city from which milk can be supplied without spoiling
- 14. growing more than one crop a year on the same land
- 18. malay word for wet rice, commonly but incorrectly used to describe a sawah