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Agribusiness
Chapter 10 |
commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations
Agribusiness occurs in MDC's. |
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Agriculture
Chapter 10 |
the deliberate effort to modify a portion of earths surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain
Agriculture is what has kept this world alive for centuries. |
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Cereal grain
Chapter 10 |
a grass yielding grain for food
Cereal grain is used in our breads.
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Chaff
Chapter 10 |
husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing
The first step, it seems, is to separate the chaff from the grain. |
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Combine
Chapter 10 |
a machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field
Combine would be a machine used in commercial agriculture |
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Commercial Agriculture
Chapter 10 |
agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm
Commercial is taken place in MDC's |
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Crop
Chapter 10 |
grain or fruit gathered from a harvest during a particular season
Corn and soybeans are crops. |
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Crop Rotation
Chapter 10 |
the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil
Using corn one season then soybeans another is crop rotation. |
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Desertification
Chapter 10 |
degradation of land, especially in semiarid ares, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop polanting, animal grazing, and tree cutting
Desertification makes agriculture that much harder. |
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Double Cropping
Chapter 10 |
harvesting twice a year from the same field
Double cropping is a part of intensive agriculture |
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Grain
Chapter 10 |
seed of cereal grass
Bread is made from grain. |
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Green Revolution
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rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, esp new high-yield seeds and fertilizers
Green revolution isnt as shown in LDC's. |
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Horticulture
Chapter 10 |
the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
Growing apples is horticulture. |
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Hull
Chapter 10 |
the outer covering of a seed
The hull is the part of the see that is shown. |
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Intensive subsistence agriculture
Chapter 10 |
farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the max feasible yield from a parcel of land
Intensive agriculture is used to ensure to have enough crops to survive.
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milkshed
Chapter 10 |
the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied
Milkshed is not as needed anymore due to increase of transportation |
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paddy
Chapter 10 |
word for wet rice
Paddy is grown in wet rice dominant areas. |
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pastoral nomadism
Chapter 10 |
a form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals
Pastoral nomadism is practiced in the Middle East |
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pasture
Chapter 10 |
grass or other plants grown for feeding grazing animals, as well as land used for grazing
Pastures in the US are more known in the midwest.
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plantation
Chapter 10 |
a large farm in tropical/subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or teo crops for sale, usually to a more developed country
Plantations are in LDC'S |
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prime agricultural land
Chapter 10 |
the most productive farmland
Prime agricultural land is slowly being lost due to urbanization and industries taking over. |
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ranching
Chapter 10 |
a form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area
In the 1800s, cow ranching was popular in the US. |
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reaper
Chapter 10 |
a machine that cuts cereal grain standing in the field
Machines like the reaper are used more in commercial agriculture |
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ridge tillage
Chapter 10 |
system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation
Ridge tillage helps make the soil richer. |
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Sawah
Chapter 10 |
a flooded field for growing rice
Sawah is one of the most effective ways of growing rice. |
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shifting cultivation
Chapter 10 |
a 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 and left fallow for a relatively long period
Shifting cultivation is being looked down upon for its environmental abuse |
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slash-and-burn agriculture
Chapter 10 |
fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris
Slash-and-burn is a form of shifting cultivation |
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spring wheat
Chapter 10 |
wheat planted in the spring and harvested in the late summer
Spring wheat is the opposite of winter wheat. |
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subsistence agriculture
Chapter 10 |
designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer
subsistence agriculture is found in LDC's |
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sustainable agriculture
Chapter 10 |
farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil-restorting crops with cash crops and reducing inputs of fertilizer and pesticides
Sustainable agriculture helps the environment |
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Swidden
Chapter 10 |
a patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
Swiddens get burned so they can retrieve more richer soil |
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Thresh
Chapter 10 |
to beat out grain from stalks by trampling it
Thresh is a common form of grain farming |
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Transhumance
Chapter 10 |
the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
Transhumance is a part of pastoral nomadism
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truck farming
Chapter 10 |
commercial gardening and fruit farming, named because truck was a middle english word meaning bartering or the exchange of commodities
Truck farming is what you find in grocery stores |
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wet rice
Chapter 10 |
rice planted on dryland in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth
This is grown in wet rice dominant countries |
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winnow
Chapter 10 |
to remove chaff by allowing it to be blown away by the wind
Winnow is an tactic of getting rid of chaff |
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winter wheat
Chapter 10 |
wheat planted in the autumn and harvested in the early summer
This is the opposite of spring wheat. |
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Seed Agriculture
Chapter 10 |
the reproduction of plants through annual planting of seeds that result from sexual fertilization.
Seed Agriculture is one of the two main forms of cultivation
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Vegative planting
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reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants.
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APHG Unit 5 Flash Cards
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