Studied by 5 people
agribusiness
commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food processing industry through ownership by large corporation
chaff
husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing
combine
a machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field
crop rotation
the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop to avoid exhaust
cultivation region
regions where there is agricultural activity
dairying
an agricultural activity involving the raising of livestock, most commonly cow and goat, for dairy products
double cropping
harvesting twice a year from the same field
extensive subsistence agriculture
system of crop cultivation using small amounts of labour and capital in relation to the area of land being farmed
shifting cultivation
people shift activity from 1 field to another, each field is used for crops for few years then they are left alone for a long time
slash and burn
field are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris
swidden
a patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
nomadic herding
the continual movement of livestock in search of forage for animals
extractive industry
made up of mining, quarning, oil and gas industries
forestry
the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and plantations and related natural resources
hurticulture
the growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
hull
the outer covering of a seed
intensive subsistence agriculture
farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from land
intertillage
spreads out production over the farming season by planting different crops in the same field
livestock ranching
the raising of domesticated animals for the production of meat and other products
market gardening
small scale production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, as cash crops sold directly to local consumers
mediterranean agriculture
agriculture practiced in areas with mediterranean climate, mostly horticulture
milkshed
the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied
mineral fuel
hydrocarbons, don’t come form animal or plant resources, coal, fuel, oil
mining
the excavation of the earth for the purpose of extracting one ore or minerals
paddy
malay word for wet rice, used to describe a sawah
pastoral nomadism
a form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domestic animals
pasture
grass or other plants grown for feeding grazing animals, and land used for grazing animals
plantation agriculture
the production of 1 or more crops for sale on a large farm in tropical or subtropical climates
reaper
a machine that cuts cereal grain standing in a field
renewable resource
something produced in nature more quickly than consumed by humans
nonrenewable resource
something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans
staple grain
a type of edible grain, usually wheat or corn, where people are dependent on
transhumance
seasonal migration of live stock between mountains and lowlands pastures
truck farming
commercial gardening and fruit farming, so named since “truck“ meant “bartering“ or “exchange of commodities“
sawah
a flooded field for growing grass
thresh
beat out grains from stalks
spring wheat
wheat planted in the spring and harvested in the late summer
wet rice
rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth
winnow
to remove chaff by allowing it to be blown away by the wind
winter wheat
wheat planted in the autumn and harvested in the early morning
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