Agriculture Vocab

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Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporation.

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Agribusiness

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

Planting & harvesting of domesticated plants & the raising of domesticated animals for food.

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Agriculture

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The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions.

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Aquaculture (aquafarming)

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Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.

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Commercial Agricultural

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Any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season.

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Crop

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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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Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions such as excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting. Also known as semi arid land degradation.

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Desertification

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The amount of food that an individual consumes, measured in calories.

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Dietary Energy Consumption

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Harvesting twice a year from the same field

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Double Cropping

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Physical, social, and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active healthy life.

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Food Security

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Plant that is deliberately planted, protected, cared for & used by humans

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Domesticated Plant

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Animal that depends on people for food & shelter & is different from wild ancestor in looks & behaviors as a result of close contact with humans.

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Domesticated Animal

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A living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.

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Genetically Modified Organism GMO

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Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds & fertilizers

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Green Revolution

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The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

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Horticulture

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The area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied (how far the milk can travel without spoiling)

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Milkshed

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A farming practice that leaves all of the soil undisturbed and the entire residue of the previous year’s harvest left untouched on the fields

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No Tillage

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Capturing fish faster than they can reproduce

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Overfishing

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

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Ridge TIllage

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Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmers family.

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Subsistence Agriculture

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The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures

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Transhumance

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Dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity

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Undernourishment

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The arrangement of shapes on the Earth’s surface

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Topography

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The average pattern of weather

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Climate

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The day to day atmospheric conditions

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Weather

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A farming operation wholly owned by a family or family corporation, that sells its own products to some defined market, either directly or through a cooperative.

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Family Farm

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A voluntary group or organization with a social mission, which operate independently from the government.

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Non-Governmental Organization NGO

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A primary product that can be bought and sold, such as coffee, rice, or milk.

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Commodity

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A series of links connecting a commodity’s many places of production, distribution, and consumption.

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Commodity Chain

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A commitment to satisfying human food and textile needs and enhancing the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole, now and in the future.

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Sustainable Agriculture