Sunday 8 April 2012
Key Terms
Famine: A situation in which a country or region does not have enough food to feed its population ex. Ethiopia 1984
Starvation: An extreme form of hunger in which people suffer from serious, or total lack of energy and essential vitamins and minerals.
Malnutrition: A condition in which health is damaged by an unbalanced diet that includes either too much or too little of one or more essential nutrients over a period of time.
Selective Breeding: The process of breeding plants and animals to have particular genetic traits. Ex. Increase pest resistance, healthy animals
Cash-Crop Farmers: Farmers who specialize in producing only a few products.
Cash Crop: Crop that is grown by a farmer to be sold.
Mechanization: The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry. It has increased size of farms and decreased number of farms.
Irrigation: Irrigation is the process by which water is brought to land through any of a variety of artificial means. The land that is being irrigated usually contains crops, grass or vegetation that would not usually receive enough water from rainfall or other natural sources. Ex. Trickle (underground): pipes, Surface (above ground): Sprinklers, Furrows (lanes)
Mixed Farming: Single farm used for multiple purposes Ex. Crop and livestock
Intensive Farming: is an agricultural production method, which uses a large amount of labour, or technology including pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
Extensive Farming: is an agricultural production method, which uses small amounts of labour, machinery, and fertilizers. Canada is known for this type of production.
Dairy Farming: A farm for producing milk and milk products generally using cows.
Ranch Farming: An extensive farm, which large herds of cattle, sheep, or horses are raised.
Subsistence Farming: Farmers who grow crops and raise livestock to meet the needs of their own family.
Starvation: An extreme form of hunger in which people suffer from serious, or total lack of energy and essential vitamins and minerals.
Malnutrition: A condition in which health is damaged by an unbalanced diet that includes either too much or too little of one or more essential nutrients over a period of time.
Selective Breeding: The process of breeding plants and animals to have particular genetic traits. Ex. Increase pest resistance, healthy animals
Cash-Crop Farmers: Farmers who specialize in producing only a few products.
Cash Crop: Crop that is grown by a farmer to be sold.
Mechanization: The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry. It has increased size of farms and decreased number of farms.
Irrigation: Irrigation is the process by which water is brought to land through any of a variety of artificial means. The land that is being irrigated usually contains crops, grass or vegetation that would not usually receive enough water from rainfall or other natural sources. Ex. Trickle (underground): pipes, Surface (above ground): Sprinklers, Furrows (lanes)
Mixed Farming: Single farm used for multiple purposes Ex. Crop and livestock
Intensive Farming: is an agricultural production method, which uses a large amount of labour, or technology including pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
Extensive Farming: is an agricultural production method, which uses small amounts of labour, machinery, and fertilizers. Canada is known for this type of production.
Dairy Farming: A farm for producing milk and milk products generally using cows.
Ranch Farming: An extensive farm, which large herds of cattle, sheep, or horses are raised.
Subsistence Farming: Farmers who grow crops and raise livestock to meet the needs of their own family.
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