Rural

2. A widespread lack of food caused by different factors including drought
5. Chemicals which help crops to grow
8. Rows of trees or hedges planted to protect crops being damaged by the wind (7,5)
9. When people do all the work by hand (6,6)
11. People who buy goods
13. The application of modern farming techniques, eg. fertilisers, HYV seeds and irrigation (5,10)
16. Growing crops on a large scale for sale
17. Food that has been grown from seeds which have been altered by science (11,8)
20. When a hill has steps cut into the side to make more flat land to grow crops
21. When farmers undertake non-farming activities to make more money
22. Money that is paid to farmers to top up their income
23. The amount of crops harvested from a certain area

1. Any kind of fuel made from living things eg. plants or waste
3. When crops are artificially watered by sprinklers and irrigation canals
4. When fields are used to grow the same crop in alternate years. This helps to maintain soil fertility (4,8)
6. The government's plan of action and the regulations and laws passed by them that must be followed (10,6)
7. The use of farm machinery
10. The cultivation of crops or animals for food (also called farming)
12. When farmers produce food without using chemicals
14. Rows of small trees and shrubs shaped into a wall of vegetation
15. A farm machine used to gather cereal crops such as wheat from fields (7,9)
18. Chemicals which kill pests that attack and eat crops
19. When farmers only grow enough food to feed themselves and their family