Chapter 9 Vocabulary

Question 0

Green Revolution

Answer 0

The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in many countries since the 1960s

Question 1

Conservation Reserve Program

Answer 1

A federal program whereby farmers are paid to place highly erodible cropland in a reserve

Question 2

Subsistence farmers

Answer 2

Farming that meets the food needs of farmers and their families, but little more; involved hand labor and is practiced extensively in the developing world

Question 3

Doubly Green Revolution

Answer 3

A revolution that is even more productive than the first Green Revolution and even more ‘green’ in terms of conserving natural resources and the environment

Question 4

Cartagena Protocol on Biodiversity

Answer 4

An international agreement governing race in genetically modified organisms; signed in January 2000

Question 5

Precautionary principle

Answer 5

The principle that says that where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, the absence of scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation

Question 6

Malnutrition

Answer 6

The lack of essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and amino acids; ranges from mild to severe and life threatening

Question 7

Undernourishment

Answer 7

A form of hunger in which the individual lacks adequate food energy, as measured in calories; starvation is the most serve form of undernutrition

Question 8

Famine

Answer 8

A severe shortage of food accompanied by a significant increase in the local or regional death rate

Question 9

Cash crops

Answer 9

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