Agricultural Practices
What is sustainable agriculture?
Sustainable agriculture is farming that meets current food needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
This traditional agricultural practice uses animal manure as fertilizer.
What is manure management
What is an herbicide?
These are chemicals used to control or eliminate unwanted plants, commonly known as weeds, in areas like lawns, gardens, and agricultural fields.
What is a biological control agent?
It is a living organism, like a parasite, predator, or pathogen, that is used to control pest populations without the use of chemicals.
These are cancer-causing substances.
What are carcinogens
What is hydroponic agriculture?
Cultivation under greenhouse conditions with roots growing in a nutrient rich solution instead of soil.
What is agroforestry?
Agroforestry is the integration of trees and shrubs into agricultural landscapes to enhance biodiversity and sustainability.
What is the role of pesticides in agriculture?
Pesticides are chemicals used to kill or control pests, but they must be used judiciously to minimize environmental impact.
This is a shortage of nutrients the body needs due to lack of food.
What is malnutrition
This is a long period without rain.
What is a drought
What role does crop rotation play in sustainable agriculture?
Crop rotation helps maintain soil fertility and reduces soil erosion by alternating the types of crops grown.
What is precision agriculture?
Precision agriculture uses technology and data analysis to optimize field-level management regarding crop farming.
What is Integrated Pest Management?
It is a holistic approach that emphasizes preventing pest problems and using a combination of methods to manage pests, rather than relying solely on pesticides.
This layer of soil takes a long time to form but it is important because plants grow in it.
What is topsoil
This is land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.
What is arable land
What is aquaculture and is it sustainable?
Aquaculture is fish farming.
Yes, when practiced responsibly, aquaculture can be a sustainable way to produce food and protein, potentially relieving pressure on wild fish populations and offering a reliable source of seafood
What is the salinization of soil?
This occurs in arid regions when water, usually from irrigation, evaporates and leaves salts behind on the soil.
How can crop diversity help in pest management?
Crop diversity can disrupt pest life cycles and reduce the likelihood of pest outbreaks.
When the farmer leaves a field plowed but not seeded
What is fallow
Give an example of biological control agent.
Ladybugs are used to kill aphids
What is contour farming?
The practice of plowing furrows sideways across a hillside, perpendicular to its slope, to help prevent the formation of rills and gullies.
What is desertification?
A form of land degradation in which more than 10% of a land's productivity is lost due to soil erosion, soil compaction, forest removal, overgrazing, draught, salinization, climate change. Basically this turns the soil into desert soil.
Explain the concept of pest resistance.
Pest resistance occurs when pests develop adaptations that allow them to survive exposure to pesticides, leading to increased difficulty in managing them.
The removal of material from one place and its transported to another place usually by wind or water.
What is erosion
List three ways to increase a farmers crop yield.
The farmers can focus on soil health, efficient irrigation, and pest and disease management.