Agriculture

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characteristic of farmers or their way of life

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Agrarian

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the cultivation of domesticated crops and the raising of domesticated animals.

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Agriculture

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animals kept for some utilitarian purpose whose breeding is controlled by humans and whose survival is dependent on humans - differ genetically and behaviorally from wild animals.

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Animal domestication

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the cultivation of aquatic organisms (as fish or shellfish) especially for food.

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Aquaculture

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a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.

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Cash crop

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term used to describe large scale farming and ranching operations that employ vast land bases, large mechanized equipment, factory-type labor forces, and the latest technology.

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Commercial agriculture

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the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil.

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Crop rotation

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the degradation of land, especially in semi-arid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.

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Desertification

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the growing of two crops per year to double the harvest

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Double cropping

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changes made to the environment. e.g., the use of pesticides to grow crops and the effects it has on the soil and environment; soil erosion and desertification caused by changes made to the environment.

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Environmental modification

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use of little labor and capital to increase agricultural productivity.

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Extensive agriculture

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it dates back 10,000 years and is the shift from being primarily hunting and gathering societies to ones that planted crops for food.

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First Agricultural Revolution (Neolithic Revolution)

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the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and plantations, and related natural resources.

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Forestry

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the recent introduction of high-yield hybrid crops and chemical fertilizers and pesticides into traditional Asian agricultural systems, most notably paddy rice farming, with attendant increases in production and ecological damage.

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Green Revolution

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the period of each year when crops can be grown. It is usually determined by climate and crop selection

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Growing season

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the killing of wild game and the harvesting of wild plants to provide food in traditional cultures.

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Hunting and gathering

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expenditure of much labor and capital on a piece of land to increase its productivity.

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Intensive agriculture

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the clearing of rows in the field through the use of hoes, rakes, and other manual equipment.

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Intertillage

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non-subsistence crops such as tea, cacao, coffee, and tobacco

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Luxury crops

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dependence on a single agricultural commodity

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Monoculture

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the continual movement of livestock in search of forage for animals.

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Pastoral nomadism

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the cultivation of rice on a paddy or sawah, or small flooded field enclosed by mud dikes, practiced in the humid areas of the Far East.

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Paddy rice farming

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deliberately planted and tended by humans that is genetically distinct from its wild ancestors as a result of selective breeding.

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Plant domestication

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a system of monoculture for producing export crops requiring relatively large amounts of land and capital; originally dependent on slave labor.

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Plantation agriculture

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the extraction of natural resources, such as agriculture, lumbering, and mining.

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Primary economic activities

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used technology provided by the Industrial Revolution (1750-1900) as a means to increase production and distribution of products.

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Second Agricultural Revolution

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taking seeds from existing plants and planting them to produce new plants

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Seed Agriculture

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cultivation of crops in tropical forest clearings in which the forest vegetation has been removed by cutting and burning. the clearings are usually abandoned after a few years in favor of newly cleared forest land. Also known as slash-and-burn agriculture.

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Shifting cultivation (slash-and-burn)

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term used to describe farmers that produce the food that they need to survive on a daily basis.

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Subsistence agriculture

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involves the genetic engineering of products as well as the increased use of fertilizers for crops and antibiotics in animal products

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Third agricultural revolution

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removing part of a plant and putting it in the ground to grow a new plant

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Vegetative planting