Green Revolution
The shift in agricultural practicies in the twentieth century, resulting in increased food output
The process of digging into soil and turning it over.
The space found within a permeable layer of rock, that stores groundwater.
What is an aquifer?
The dripping of water on, or below, the ground, directly onto the plant roots
What is drip irrigation?
.The practice of chemically destroying fungi.
What is fungicide?
The application of mechanization and standardization techniques to the production of food.
What is Industrial Agriculture?
The preparation of soil through activities such as stirring and digging.
What is Tilling?
What is a water table?
The covering of a field in water
What is flood irrigation?
The trait of being able to survive specific chemicals, can appear if the chemical is overused.
What is pesticide resistance?
Farming for consumption of the family
What is Subsistence farming?
Often contains additional Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium.
What is fertilizer?
A location where water naturally percolates up to the surface
What is a spring?
The use of sprinklers to distribute water.
What is Spray irrigation?
The practice of using a variety of techniques to manage pests, minimizing chemical use.
What is Integrated pest management?
An alternative to organic fertilizer, often made from fossil fuels.
What is Synthetic fertilizer?
Produce that has been changed, can lead to a decrease in biodiversity.
What are Genetically modified organisms?
What is a water footprint?
The filling of dug trenches with water.
What is furrow irrigation?
The use of biological organisms to control pests.
What is Biocontrol?
The fossil fuel energy and human energy input per colarie of food produced.
What is Energy subsidy?
A technique used in warmer climate and relatively nutirent-poor soil, leads to long-term losses after short-term gains, depletes soil nutrients, and reduces available habitats.
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
The process where water from precipitation percolates trough soilinto groundwater.
What is Groundwater recharge?
The most efficient method of irrigation
What is drip irrigation?
The technique of physical spacing between crops, with different species growing at the same time.
What is Intercropping?