Across
- 2. The practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers or vertically inclined surfaces, to produce food in challenging or harsh environments
- 3. Mass production of crops intended for sale to wholesale or retail stores
- 5. A framework for creating an ecologically harmonious, efficient and productive agricultural system that can be used by anyone, anywhere, sustainably
- 6. The process of growing multiple species at a time in a given area, to imitate a natural habitat or ecosystem
- 9. The required procedures and activities encompassed by agriculture and food production
- 11. The cutting and burning of plants which creates a nutrient rich layer of ash to help fertilise crops
- 13. AKA the third agricultural revolution, was a set of research technology transfer between 1950 to late 1960s that increased agricultural production worldwide.
- 14. The farming of seafood and aquatic plants which involves cultivating species in controlled environments,
- 15. A subset of hydroculture, in which plants are not grown in soil but by using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent
Down
- 1. The practice of altering the surrounding environment to minimise the growth of weeds and other unwanted pests
- 4. The practice of growing a single type of crop or livestock in one field or system
- 7. Agriculture targeted towards survival and local needs, creating little to no surplus trade
- 8. Agricultural goods that are high in value, which can be divided into semi-processed products, highly processed products and high value unprocessed products.
- 10. Hybrid seeds that have been selected to create higher plant productivity with fertilisers and pesticides
- 12. The ecological amount of products that can be removed or extracted without reducing the base capital of the crops