Across
- 2. The feature of a place to maintain diverse flora and fauna.
- 3. the stocks of companies that mainly operate in food
- 6. the large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
- 8. When a regularly ploughed and harrowed piece of farmland is left alone for period of time without being sown to increase its fertility.
- 9. a large area that is characterised or known for its vegetation, soil and climate.
- 10. the proportion of light emitted from a surface and the general reflectivity of it.
- 12. the concentration of salt in water or soil
- 13. Large scale commercial farming
- 15. the farming of aquatic creatures
- 17. described to be the agricultural practice that suggests rearranging farmlands or turning hills into farmlands by constructing specific ridged platforms
- 20. the abiotic factors of a place interacting with the biotic community while they (the biotic community) interact amongst themselves
- 21. when different crops are grown in the same area across growing seasons so as to limit the development of weed and pests in the area while also reducing reliance on a single nutrient.
- 22. The process of applying controlled amounts of water that will be effective in assisting crops in growth
- 23. foods which have been genetically altered to gain a specific characteristic or to lose a characteristic which they may have
- 25. The distance of a place North or South of the Equator
- 26. the area made up of the parts where the Earth exists including the deepest places of the Earth and even the atmosphere.
- 27. disease or a condition particularly specific to an area or a region.
- 29. to be relating or derived from living matter
Down
- 1. the production of a single crop in a specific area
- 4. measures atmospheric pressure.
- 5. the weather of a place over a sustained period of time.
- 7. physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy life.
- 11. described to be the lack of change in a system where the inputs match the outputs
- 14. the feature of something to be consistently maintained over a considerable amount of time.
- 16. the radiation emitted by the sun as the name suggests.
- 18. The movement or exchange of organic and inorganic matter into the production of matter.
- 19. the cycle of water through the Earth-atmosphere system.
- 24. Grabbing large-scale land acquisitions that investors or other members of society do to produce a sought after commodity
- 28. the lines on a map that join together to indicate which places have the same atmospheric pressure.