Across
- 2. Refers to the range of activities and disciplines relating to modern food production
- 4. A method of growing plants without soil, rather mineral nutrient solutions in water
- 10. The cultivation of multiple crops in a given area
- 12. Crops that allow a higher quantity and quality of the crop to be produced
- 14. The practice of farming food and medicine in vertically stacked layers
- 15. The changing of cultures grown in a given area to deter pests, as opposed to chemicals
Down
- 1. The revolution from 1950 to 1960, which saw technological advances dramatically increase agricultural productivity
- 3. Method of agriculture where forest is cleared by burning, and the ash is used to fertilise the soil
- 5. The mass-production of food crops for sale in world markets
- 6. The farming of food crops to feed only the local community or close family, with little to no surplus trade
- 7. The cultivation of only one crop in a given area
- 8. The harvest of specific natural resources that are, in theory, capable of renewing themselves naturally. E.g. timber, fish.
- 9. Products that are high in value, not due to processing.
- 11. The farming of shellfish, molluscs, algae, fish and other organisms in freshwater and saltwater conditions
- 13. The modelling of a farm after natural ecosystems, with the aim of biodiversity