topic 4: industrialisation and food production Flashcards
Crop rotation
The process of planting different crops one after the other to ensure that some plants won’t deplete the soil of key nutrient
Sakia waterwheel
A waterwheel that used a series of buckets to scoop up water from the dam and divert it to crop using the services of small channels initially driven by animals and later by engine
green revolution
A large increase in crop production in developing countries was achieved by the use of artificial fertilisers and high-yield crop varieties
irrigation
The artificial application of water to the land to enable agricultural crops to grow
Multinational corporation
Companies that operate and do business in more than one country with headquarters in their home country
Globalisation
A process by which the world has become interconnected as a result of increased trade and cultural exchange
pasteurisation
is a process of food preservation in which packaged and unpacked foods (e.g., milk and fruit juices) are treated with mild heat, to 75*c and rapidly cooking it to kill bacteria
plough
Used to cultivate soil, sow seeds and harvest crops and the blades cut the soil to loosen it so that seeds can be sown
Nitrogen fixing
The use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in certain plants to change nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into solid nitrogen usable by plaints
Fertilisers
natural or artificial substance containing the chemical elements that improve growth and productiveness of plants. Fertilizers enhance the natural fertility of the soil or replace chemical elements taken from the soil by previous crops.
Herbicides
Are substance used to control undesired plants also known as weeds
Pesticides
Kill, repel or control forms of animal and plant life considered to domage or be a nuisance in agriculture and domestic
