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1. Wheat planted in the fall and harvested in the early summer

2. A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land

3. The use of genetically engineered crops in agricutlure and DNA manipulation in livestock in order to increase production. Example: radiation of meats and vegetables to prolong their freshness

4. Loss of the top fertile layer of soil is lost through erosion. It is a tremendous problem in areas with fragile soils - steep slopes - or torrential seasonal rains

5. An agricultural model that spatially describes agricultural activities in terms of rent. Activities that require intensive cultivation and cannot be transported over great distances pay higher rent to be close to the market. Conversely - activities t

6. Rice planted on dryland in a nursery - then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth

7. The period of time in 17th and 18th century Europe where farming underwent significant changes. Tools and equipment were modified. Methods of soil preparation - fertilization - crop care - and harvesting improved. The general organization of agricult

8. Grain or fruit gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season

9. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter

10. Commercial agriculture combined with characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry - usually through ownership by large corporations

11. Also Neolithic Revolution. The period of time about 12 -000 years ago when the humans transitioned from hunting and gathering communities to agriculture and settlement bands due to the use of plant and animal domestication.

12. An agricultural system characterized by low inputs of labor per unit land area

13. The process where plants are artificially selected and become accustomed to human provision and control.

14. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

15. Area located in the crescent-shaped zone near the southeastern Mediterranean coast (including Iraq - Syria - Lebanon - and Turkey) - which was once a lush environment and one of the first hearths of domestication and thus agricultural activity

16. The outer covering of a seed

17. A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for a relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period

18. Type of specialized farming occuring only in the areas where the dry-summer Mediterranean climate prevails along the shores of the Mediterranean sea

19. A machine that reaps - threshes - and cleans grain while moving over a field

20. Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm

21. Reproduction of plants through annual introduction of seeds - which result from sexual fertilization

22. The process of urban areas expanding outwards - usually in the form of suburbs - and developing over fertile agricultural land

23. Harvesting twice a year from the same field

24. The seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures

25. To beat out grain from stalks by trampling it

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