Module 37-38 Flashcards
Crossbreeding
The act of mixing different species or varieties of plants or animals to produce hybrids.
Hybrids
The offspring of 2 plants or animals of different species or varieties.
Double Cropping
Planting another crop on the same plot of land as soon as the first crop has been harvested.
Multicropping
Planting 2 or 3 crops per year on the same land.
Cassava
A root vegetable native to Africa
Sorghum
A grain plant native to Africa
Endemic
Native to or characteristic of a certain environment.
Environmental Contamination
Chemical residue that builds up with each application of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
What are the 2 significant downsides of irrigation
Soil salinization and Soil Salinity
Soil Salinization
The concentration of dissolved salts in the soil.
Soil Salinity
A measure of the concentration of dissolved salts in the soil, high soil Salinity results from poor irrigation practices.
Capital Expenditures
Assets that cost money, such as land, machinery, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and livestock feed.
Bid-Rent Theory
Explains how the demand for and piece of land decreases as its distance from the central business district increases.
Central Business District (CBD)
A dense cluster of offices and shops located at its city’s most accessible point, usually it’s center.
Large-Scale Commercial Operations
A large scale farm oriented exclusively toward the production of agricultural commodities for sale in the market.
Monocropping
The cultivation of a single commercial crop on extensive tracts of land.
Agricultural Coopeative
An organization where farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity such as services or production; services or production resources are provided to individual farm members.
Family Farms
A farming operation wholly owned by a family or family corpoation that sells its products to some defined market, either directly or through a cooperative.
Commodity Chains
A series of links connecting a commodity’s many places of production and distribution
Commodity
A primary agricultural product or raw material that is bought, sold, and traded.
Agribusiness
Large cooperation that provides a vast array of goods and services to support the agricultural industry.
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO)
Animal rearing system that confines livestock )such as cattle, sheep, turkeys, chickens, and hogs) in high density cages only large enough to allow the animal body to grown and the accommodate equipment for feeding and waste removal.
Cool Chain
The system that uses refrigeration and food freezing techniques to keep produce fresh in climate controlled environments at every stage of transport from field to retail groceries and restaurants.
