Rubenstein Chapter 9 part 2 vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. :The providing of food for direct consumption by the farmer and farmer's family.
  2. 6. :A field deliberately flooded for growing rice.
  3. 8. subsistence agriculture :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.
  4. 10. :A patch of land clearing for planting through slash-and-burn agriculture.
  5. 14. :Commercial gardening and fruit farming, so titled because the name came from a Middle English word meaning "bartering."
  6. 16. :Rice planted on dry land in a nursery, then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth.
  7. 17. :The moving of farm fields after several years in search of more productive soil after depleting the previous one.
  8. 18. :Marlay word for wet rice, commonly but incorrectly used to describe a sawah.
  9. 20. :The extreme deterioration of land in arid/semiarid regions due to loss of vegetation and soil moisture.
  10. 21. :A machine that cuts grain standing in a field.
  11. 23. :A term referring to every business involved in commercial farming in one - farms, factories, suppliers, ad agencies, processing, etc.
  12. 24. :The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures.
  13. 25. :The most productive farmland.
Down
  1. 1. :The rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially high-yield seeds and fertilizers; also known as the Third Agricultural Revolution.
  2. 2. :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.
  3. 3. :The clearing of vegetation and then burning of any remaining plants to make an arable plot of land.
  4. 5. :A system of planting crops on ridge tops, in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation
  5. 7. :The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
  6. 9. :The planting of different crops each year to replenish the soil's nutrients that were lost to a previous crop.
  7. 11. :The growing of two crops per year to double agricultural output.
  8. 12. : A grass with starchy grains, which are used in many different foods.
  9. 13. :A machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain crops.
  10. 15. :A form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area.
  11. 19. :The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied.
  12. 22. :A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals.