Sustainable Agriculture
What is Crop rotation?
The practice of planting different crops
What percentage of worldwide people get their protein from fish and shellfish?
20%
Mitigate deforestation?
One of the methods of sustainable forestry
What is ecological footprint?
The measure of human demand on earth ecosystem.
Sustainability definition
Humans living on earth and their use of resources doesn't deprive future generations.
What is aquaculture?
The practice of farming aquatic organisms.
60%
What is biocapcity?
The amount of biologically productive land and sea available.
What is chisel plowl?
Soil is not disturbed over the winter
What does nutrient pollution do?
It excess food and biological use.
What is a kenaf?
Growing woody annual plant
Name a way to eliminate a draft in your home?
Weather strips
Name one sustainable agriculture.
Contour plowing, Strip cropping, terracing, alley cropping, intercropping, Crop rotation, agroforestry, No-till agriculture, organic fertilizers
Name two of the saltwater farmed species?
Seaweed, oysters, clams, mussels, shrimp, salmon
What happens 9 months post burn?
Cedar trees are dead.
What is an example of ecological footprint.
Cropland, fisheries, grazing land, forests
The goal of soil conservation is to what?
Prevent soil erosion
High density of fish in aquaculture leads to?
Increases in disease incidence.
2-3
How many earths does the U.S.A. need?
5.0