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GMO
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genetically modified organisms
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scientist in a lab
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overnutrition
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too many calories (fats, protien, ect) not enough fruit
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may cause diabetes
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undernutrition
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not enough calories for daily activities
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not enough
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malnutrition
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not enough essential vitamins
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iron
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Golden rice
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rice containing iron and othe essential vitamins
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goodness
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famine
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severe shortage of food accompanied by severe hunger of populace
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industrialized agriculture
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use heavy equipment and high capital
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plantation agriculture
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form of industrialized ag. grows cash crops for lots of profit
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subsistence agriculture
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use of human/animal labor to produce enough to eat and not much to sell
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polyculture
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many crops on same land
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monoculture
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one crop grown at a time
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1st green revolution
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selectivity bred or engineered fertilized crops groen on large plots of land between 1950-1970
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2nd green revolution
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from 1967- present. fast growing dwarf rices and wheats bred for tropics and subtropics
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desertfication
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potential soil degraded by 10% or more due to human activities or droughts
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salinization
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gradual accumulation of minerals in upper soil layers
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waterlogging
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water accumulates underground raising the water table
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pest
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any species that interferes with humans by competing for food
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integrated pest management
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each pest is evaluated as part of an ecosystem then dealt with accordingly
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commercial inorganic fertilizer
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mixture of nitrate phosphorus and sulfur artificially applied to croos to increase yeild
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compost
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partially decomposed organic plant material used as fertilizer
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organic agriculture
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growing crops all natural with no synthetics
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irrigation
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watering of crops
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botanicals
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i don't know
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