Agriculture

Question 1

Agribusiness

Answer 1

commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food processing industry

Question 2

agriculture

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deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth’s surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain

Question 3

cereal grain

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grass yielding grain for food

Question 4

chaff

Answer 4

husks of grin seperated from the seed by threshing

Question 5

combine

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a machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field

Question 6

commercial agriculture

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undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm

Question 7

crop

Answer 7

grain or fruit gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season

Question 8

crop rotation

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practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year

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desertification

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degradation of land

Question 10

double cropping

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harvesting twice a year from the same field

Question 11

grain

Answer 11

seed of a cereal grass

Question 12

green revolution

Answer 12

rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology

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horticulture

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the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers

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hull

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the outer covering of a seed

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intensive subsistence agriculture

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farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land

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milkshed

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the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied

Question 17

paddy

Answer 17

wet rice (Malay word)

Question 18

pastoral nomadism

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form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

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pasture

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grass or other plants grown for feeding, grazing animals, as well as land used for grazing

Question 20

plantation

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large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale

Question 21

prime agricultural land

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the most productive farmland

Question 22

ranching

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form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area

Question 23

reaper

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a machine that cuts cereal grain standing in the field

Question 24

ridge tillage

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system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation

Question 25

sawah

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a flooded field for growing rice

Question 26

shifting cultivation

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form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another

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slash-and-burn agriculture

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fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris

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spring wheat

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wheat planted in the spring and harvested in late summer

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subsistence agriculture

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designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer’s family

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sustainable agriculture

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farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollutions

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swidden

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patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning

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thresh

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to beat out grain from stalks by trampling it

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transhumance

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the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures

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truck farming

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commercial gardening and fruit farming

Question 35

wet rice

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rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth

Question 36

winnow

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to remove chaff by allowing it to be blown away by the wind

Question 37

winter wheat

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wheat planted in the autumn and harvested in the early summer