Keywords

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Aeroponics

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Growing plants in the air or mist environment without the use of soil

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Agribusiness

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Farms are run as businesses to produce as much food as possible

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Appropriate Technology

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Technology suited to the needs,skills, knowledge and wealth of the local people and their environment

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Biotechnology

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The genetic engineering of living organisms to produce useful commercial products

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Carbon Footprint

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The amount of carbon a person produces

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Conserve

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To save

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Consumption

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Using something up

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Deficit

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Having not enough of something e.g. the South East of England have a water deficit

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Demand

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The need for something e.g. rich people have a high energy demand

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Economic well-being

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Whether there is enough money and jobs for a good life

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Energy mix

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The different types of energy a country uses for it’s needs

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Famine

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Widespread, serious often fatal shortage of food

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Food Miles

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The distance food travels to get where it is made to who eats it

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Fossil Fuels

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Coal, oil and gas. They are burned to make energy and will run out

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Greenhouse gas

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Gases released which cause global warming e.g. carbon dioxide

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Green reveloution

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An increase in crop production especially in poorer countries, using high yielding varieties, artificial fertilisers and pesticides

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Hydroponics

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Growing plants with water based nutrient rich soil- not planted in soil

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Import

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To buy into a country (e.g. food is imported to the Uk abroad)

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Industrialised

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having developed a lot of industry e.g. Farming is becoming more industrialised

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Insecurity

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Not having enough of something (similar to scarcity) to last

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Irrigation

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Artificial watering of the soil or land

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Local Sourcing

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Where food is bought from the local area and not imported

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Organic

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Grown without the use of chemicals or pesticides

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Permaculture

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The development of agriculture ecosystems intended to be more sustainable and self sufficient

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Production

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Making something e.g. energy

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Renewable

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Something that can continually be produced and will not run out

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Resource

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A stock or supply of something that has value or purpose e.g. energy, food, water

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Scarcity/Scarce

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Not much of something

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Seasonal

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A resource that is only produced in certain seasons (e.g. strawberries in the Uk are only produced during summer)

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Social well-being

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How good the quality of life is

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Soil Erosion

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Removal of topsoil faster than it can be replaced due to natural, human or animal activity

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Supply

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Providing something

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Surplus

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Having too much of something

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Sustainable

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Using resources in a way that meets current demean without stopping further generations from meeting their own needs

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Undernourishment

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When people don’t eat enough nutrients to cover their needs for energy and growth leading to them having a weaker immune system

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Water stress

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When an area has a water deficit and does not have enough water

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Water Transfer

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Moving water from areas that have a sulprus of water to areas that have a deficit