10 terms for unit 5 vocab Flashcards
subsistence agriculture
Production of food primarily for consumption by the FARMER’S family or community.
Aquaculture
The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions, whereas fishing is the capture of wild fish and such.
Slash- and- burn
Farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegetation
and burning the debris.
Farmers grow crops on a cleared field for only a few
years, until soil nutrients are depleted, and then leave it
fallow for many years so the soil can recover.
Farmers return to a fallow site as few as 6 years later or
as many as 20 years later.
Desertification
Other land degradation that makes land resemble a desert-like state caused by humans
GMO
Genetically Modified Organisms
10% of world farmland devoted to GM crops
GMOs in 2010 worldwide
77% of soybeans
49% cotton
26% of maize
GMOs in the US
94% soybeans
90% cotton
88% maize
¾ of processed foods contain at least 1 GMO
Fair trade
trade between companies in developed countries and producers in developing countries in which fair prices are paid to the producers.
Commercial Agriculture
farming that focuses on producing agricultural products for sale in the market rather than solely for subsistence purposes.
Crop Rotation
the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons.
Pastoral Nomadism
A form of subsistence
agriculture based on the herding of
domesticated animals.
Agribusiness
agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology.
