Green Revolution
First time using generically modified organisms
What is the Green Revolution
Growing of a single crop over a wide area for consecutive years
What is monoculture
Main nutritional value of meat and seafood
What is Protein
Occurs when you don't consume enough calories
What is Malnutrition
Growing multiple crops one at a time
What is crop rotation
Norman Borlaug
Who is the father of the Green Revolution
Using multiple crops in the same space in attempt to replicate natural growth
What is polyculture
Most efficient farm animal to raise
What are pigs and chickens
Can only go a few days without before dying
What is water
Growing sections of different crops
What is multi-cropping
GMO's first developed by Norman Borlaug
What is "miracle varieties"
Cultivated temporally then abandoned
What is shifting cultivation
Most commonly used food sources
What is rice, wheat, and corn
This macronutrient is essential for muscle repair and growth.
What is a protein
Growing rows of different crops
What is intercropping
Removing genetic materials from one organism and splicing it into the chromosomes of others
What is genetic engineering
Farming that doesn't use pesticides or GMOs
What is organic farming
Main protein source for 1.5 billion people in developing countries
What is seafood
This macronutrient is the body's primary source of energy
What is a carbohydrate
Crops planted together because they benefit each other
What is companion planting
The time humans first started farming
Neolithic Revolution
Interrogation of agriculture and hydroponics
What is aquaponics
Requires 8kg of grain for 1kg of meat
What is beef
Amount of energy need to raise 1kg of water by 1 degree Celsius
What is a Calorie
Not removing the non crop species to promote biodiversity
What are beneficial weeds