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20 Cards in this Set
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Food Security |
The state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. |
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Famine |
Extreme scarcity of food. |
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Malnutrition |
Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat. |
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Availability |
Sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or imports, including food aid. |
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Access |
When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. |
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Utilization |
Food is properly used; proper food processing and storage techniques are employed; adequate knowledge of nutrition and child care techniques exists and is applied; and adequate health and sanitation services exist. |
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Governance |
The interrelated and increasingly integrated systems of formal and informal rules with food. |
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Extensive Farming |
An agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed. |
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Intensive Farming |
Industrial agriculture characterized by a low fallow ratio and higher use of inputs such as capital and labour per unit land area. This is in contrast to traditional agriculture in which the inputs per unit land are lower. |
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Commercial Farming |
Farming for a profit, where food is produced by advanced technological means for sale in the market. |
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Crop Farming |
Farming that refers to the industrialized production of crops. |
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Pastoral Farming |
A form of agriculture aimed at producing livestock, rather than growing crops. |
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Subsistence Farming |
Self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. |
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Eutrophication |
The enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients, typically compounds containing nitrogen, phosphorus, or both. |
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Green Revolution |
A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties. |
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Thailand's Sufficiency Economy |
An approach to life and conduct applicable at every level from the individual through the family and community to the management and development of the nation. It promotes a middle path, especially in developing the economy to keep up in the era of globalisation. |
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Precipitation |
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. |
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Condensation |
The conversion of a vapor or gas to liquid. |
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Evaporation |
Evaporation is the process of a substance in a liquid state changing to a gaseous state due to an increase in temperature and/or pressure. |
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Transpiration |
Transpiration is the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves. |
