Across
- 2. freshly cut or still growing green vegetation that is plowed into the soil to increase the organic matter and humus available to support crop growth
- 4. conditions under which every person in a given area has daily access to enough nutritious food to have an active a healthy life
- 9. production of large quantities of crops and livestock for domestic and foreign sale
- 11. accumulation of salts in soil that can eventually make the soil unable to support plant growth
- 12. movement of soil components, especially topsoil, from one place to another, usually by wind , flowing water, or both
- 14. agriculture cutting down trees and other vegetation in a patch of forest, leaving the cut vegetation on the ground to dry, and then burning it
- 15. form of agriculture in which farmers grow plants by exposing their roots to a nutrient rich water solution instead of soil
- 19. production of enough food for a farm family’s survival and a surplus that can be sold
- 20. combined us of biological, chemical, and cultivation methods in proper sequence and timing to keep the size of pest population below the level that causes economically unacceptable loss of a crop or livestock animal
- 22. faulty nutrition, caused by a diet that does not supply an individual with enough protein, essential fats, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients needed for good health.
Down
- 1. organic material such as, animal manure, green manure, and compost applied to cropland as a source of plant nutrients
- 3. insecurity condition under which people live with chronic hunger and malnutrition that threatens their ability to lead healthy and productive lives
- 5. production of enough crops or livestock for a farm family’s survival
- 6. condition suffered by people who cannot grow or buy enough food to meet their basic energy needs. AKA hunger
- 7. conversion of rangeland, rain fed cropland, or irrigated cropland to desert like land, with a drop in agricultural productivity by 10%
- 8. saturation of soil with irrigation water or excessive precipitation so that the water table rises close the surface
- 10. popular term for the introduction of scientifically bred or selected varieties of grain, that with adequate inputs of fertilizer and water, can greatly increase crop yields
- 13. growing specialize crops such as, bananas, coffee, and cacao in tropical developing countries primarily for sale to developed countries
- 16. concentration of particular aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in a given ocean area or inland body of water
- 17. growing and harvesting of fish and shellfish for human use in fresh water ponds, irrigation ditches, and lakes, or in cages or fenced in areas of coastal lagoons and estuaries or in open ocean
- 18. any chemical designed to kill or inhibit the growth of an organism that people consider undesirable
- 21. dung and urine of animals used as a form of organic fertilizer