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human begins the first domesticated plants and animals no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

agricultural revolution

transfer of plants, animals and people culturally and technology between the western hemisphere and Europe as a result of European colonization and trade

The Columbian Exchange

agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm

commercial agriculture

a method of soil cultivation that reduces soil erosion and runoffs

conservation tillage

the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop to avoid exhausting the soil

crop rotation

degradation of land especially in semi arid areas primarily because of human actions

desertification

the amount of food that an individual consumes measured in kilometers

dietary energy consumption

physical, social and economic access at all times to safe and nutrient food, sufficient to meet dietary needs

food securtiy

a living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology

genetically modified organism

rapid diffusion of new agriculture technology, especially in new seeds and fertilizers

green revolution

form of subsistence agriculture characterized of Asias major population concentrations in which farmers must put in a lot of effort

intensive subsistence agriculture

an area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied

milk shed

the milay word for wet rice

paddy

a form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

pastoral nomadism

a system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation

ridge tillage

a flooded field for growing rice

sawah

people shift actively form one field to another

shifting cultivation

increaced agricultural productivity through improvements of crop rotation and breeding of lives talk

second agricultural revolution

provide food for direct consumption by the farmer

Subsistence agriculture

seasonal migration of lives talk between mountain and low land pasture area

transhumance

commercial gardening and fruit farming

truck farming

rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a flooded field to promote growth

wet rice

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

agribusiness