APHG Chapter 13/14 Vocab

The large-scale system that includes the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and equipment

• Agribusiness

• Agricultural Biodiversity

• Agricultural Landscape

• Agroecosystem

• Economy of Scale

The variety and variability of plants, animals, and microorganisms that are used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture

• Agribusiness

• Agricultural Biodiversity

• Agricultural Landscape

• Global supply Chain

• Suburbanization

A landscape resulting from the interactions between farming activities and a location's natural environment

• Agribusiness

• Agricultural Biodiversity

• Agricultural Landscape

• Biodiversity

• Infrastructure

An ecosystem modified for agricultural use

• Agribusiness

• Agricultural Biodiversity

• Agricultural Landscape

• Agroecosystem

• Biodiversity

Layers of sand, gravel, and rocks that contain and can release a usable amount of water

• Reservoir

• Precision Agriculture

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Aquifer

The variety of organisms living in a location

• Biodiversity

• Biotechnology

• Agricultural Biodiversity

• Desertification

• Terracing

The science of altering living organisms, often through genetic manipulation, to create new products for specific purpose, such as crops that resist certain pests

• Biodiversity

• Biotechnology

• Agricultural Biodiversity

• Agricultural Landscape

• Precision Agriculture

A crop produced mainly to be sold and usually exported to larger markets

• Food Security

• Food Insecurity

• Cash Crop

• Terracing

• Farm Subsidy

A network of people, information, processes, and resources that work together to produce, handle, and distribute a commodity or product

• Vertical Integration

• Suburbanization

• Fair Trade

• Commodity chain

• Dual Agricultural Economy

Agreement between a bank and a peripheral country in which the bank forgives a portion of the country's debt in exchange for local investment in conservation measures

• Tariff

• Suburbanization

• Fair Trade

• Commodity chain

• Debt-for-Nature Swap