Plantation

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high yield seeds and fertilizers

Agricultural Revolution

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high yield seeds and fertilizers

Green Revolution

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high yield seeds and fertilizers

Shifting cultivations

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

Pastoral nomadism

• large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a developed country

• time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

• form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another, each field is used for crops for a relatively few years

• form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

Agriculture

• the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

• the deliberate effort to modify a portion of the earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain

• another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by cutting down vegetation and setting fire to debris

• commercial agriculture by the integration of different steps in the food processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations

Agribusiness

• the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

• the deliberate effort to modify a portion of the earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain

• another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by cutting down vegetation and setting fire to debris

• commercial agriculture by the integration of different steps in the food processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations

Aquaculture

• the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

• commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry

• dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity

• the deliberate effort to modify a portion of the earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain

Undernourishment

• the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

• commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry

• dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity

• the deliberate effort to modify a portion of the earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain

Slash and burn agriculture

• the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

• commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry

• another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by cutting down vegetation and setting fire to debris

• the deliberate effort to modify a portion of the earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain