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What is the green revolution?
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It is a transformation in agriculture thats been since 1945 in order to help with feeding the growing population
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What is subsistence farming?
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A process in which farmers grow only enough to feed their family and to pay taxes and dues
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What is shifting cultivation?
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An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned.
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what is slash and burn agriculture?
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Cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields for agriculture or pasture for livestock, or for a variety of other purposes.
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What is the food and fiber system?
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A source of jobs and earnings for millions of American workers and a supplier of products worldwide.
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