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the delibereate effort to modify a portion of earths surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenence or economic gains

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Agriculture
The delibereate effort to modify a portion of earths surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenence or economic gains
Agricultural revolution
The process that began when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely in hunting and gathering
Agriculutural hearths
Soutwest asia, east asia, central and south asia, and subsaharan africa
Subsistence agriculture
Agriciutlure designede primalrily to provide food for direct ocnsumption by the farmer nad farmers family
Commercial agriculture
Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm
Dietary energy consumption
The amount of food than an individual consumes measure in kilocalories
Food security
Physical social and econo,i acesss at all times to sage and nutrious food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences fir an active and healthy life
Wet rice dominant
To rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved as seedlings to a flooded field to promote growth.
Nonrice dominatnt
Climate does not allow for hte flooding of rice fields
Pastoral nomadism
A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
Shifting cultivation
A form of subsis- agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for a relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period
Plantation agriculture
A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country
Mixed crop and livestock
Commercial farming characterized by intergration of crops and livestock, most of the crops are fed to animals rather than directly consumed by humans
Dairying
A form of comercial agriculture that specilizes in the production of milk and other dairy products
Grain farming
Farms that specify in grain
Ranching
A faorm of commercial agriculture in whinc livestockc graze over an extensive area
Mediterean agriculture
Specialized farming that occurs only in areas where the dry summer Mediterranean climate prevails (grapes, olives, figs, citrus, fruits, dates, etc.)
Commercial gardening
Relatively small scare porduction of fruits, vegetables, and other horticulture
Transhumance
Seasonal migration of livestock between mountain and lowland pasture area
Shifting cultivation/slash and burn
Farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegatation and urning the debris, s
Double cropping
Harvesting twice a year from the same field
Crop rotation
The practice of roataing cuse of fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil
Sawah
A flodded field for growing rice
Aquaculture/aquafarming
The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions
Overfishing
Capturing ifsh faster than they cna reproduce
Agribusiness
Commercial agriculture characterized by the interegration of different steps in the food processing industiry, usually through ownership by large companies
Horticulture
Growing oof fruits vegetables flowers and tree crops
Truck farming
Commercial gardening and fruit farming so nammed for the middle english word truck meaning barter or exchange of commodities
Milkshed
The area surronding a city from which milk is supplied
Prime agricultural land
The most productive farnalnd
Desertification
Degredation of land, especially in semiarid area, primarily because of human actions such as execessive crop planting animal grazing and tree cutting, also known as semiarid land degradation
Green revolution
Rapid diffusion of new agriculltural technologu especially new high yeild seeds and fertilizers
Forest fallow
Fields are cleared and utilized for up to two years and left to falllow for more than 20 yrs, long enough for the forest to grow vback
Bush fallow
Fields are cleared and utilized for up to 8 yrs and left fallow for up to 10 yrs, long enough for small trees and bushes to grow back
Short fallow
Fields are cleared and utilized for perhaps 2 yrs, and left to fallow for up to yrs, long enough for wild grasses to grow back
Annual cropping
Fields are used every year and rotated between legumes and roots
No tillage
Leaves all of the soil undisturved and the entire residue of the previos yrs harvest is left untouched on the fields
Ridge tillage
A system of planting crops on ridge tops
Genetically modified organism (GMO)
A living organism that posseses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology
Undernourishment
A dietary energy consumption that is continously below that needed for a healthy life and carrying out light phyiscal activity
Clustered
Agriculture based community in which a number of families live in close proximity ot each other with fields surronding the collection of houses and farm building
Dispersed
Characterized by farmers livng on indvidual farms isolated from neighbots rather than alongside other farmers in settlements
Linear
In a line
Metes and bounds
This system uses physical features of local geography along with directions and distances to define and describe boundaries of land parcels.
Township and range
A rectangular land division scheme designed by Thomas Jefferson to disperse settlers evenly across farmlands of the U.S. interior
Long lot
Long rectangular plots of farmland to give equal access to the river.
Columbian exchange
Transfer of pants, animals. people, culture,technoloy between western hempishere and europe as a result of european colonization and trade
Intensive farming
Intensive farming is carried out in relatively densely populated areas, like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. It involves smaller land holdings than in extensive farming and requires a relatively large amount of manual labor.
Extensive farming
A type of agricultural production that involves the use of relatively low levels of inputs, such as labor, capital, and chemicals, in order to produce crops or livestock
Von thunen model
A predictive theory in human geography that predicts humans will use land in relation to the cost of land and the cost of transporting products to market
Community supported agriculture
Refers to a particular network, or association of individuals, who have pledged to support one or more local farms, with growers and consumers sharing the risks and benefits of food production.
Urban farming
The practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city.