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Food Security
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The condition under which every person in a given area has daily access to enough nutritious food
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Food Insecurity
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The condition under which people live with chronic hunger and malnutrition
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Famine
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Widespread malnutrition and starvation in a particular area because of a shortage of food
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(Chronic) Malnutrition
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Faulty nutrition caused by a diet that doesn't supply an individual with enough protein and other nutrients
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Chronic Under-nutriton
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A condition suffered by people who can not grow or buy enough food to meet their basic energy needs
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Over-nutrition
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A diet so high in calories, saturated fats, salt, sugar and processed foods and low in fruits in veggies
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Irrigation
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Supplying water to crops by artificial means
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Industrialized Agriculture (or High input Agriculture)
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Production of large quantities of crops and livestock, uses large inputs of energy from fossil fuels; water, fertilizer, and pesticides
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Plantation Agriculture
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Growing specialized 'cash crops', such as bananas, coffee in tropical developing countries primarily to sell to developed countries
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Hydroponics
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Growing plants by exposing their roots to nutrient rich water solution, rather than soil
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Tradition Subsistence Agriculture
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A production of enough crops or livestock for a farm family to be fed
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Traditional Intensive Agriculture
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A production of enough food for a farm family survival AND a surplus that can be sold
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Slash and Burn Agriculture
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Involves burning and clearing small plots of land in tropical forests, growing a variety of crops for a few years until the soil is depleted of nutrients
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Green Revolution
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A process to increase crop yields by using scientifically bred or selected varieties of grain with fertilizer and water
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Fishery
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A concentration of particular aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting
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Aquaculture
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The practice of raising marine and fresh water fish in ponds or underwater cages in the ocean
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Soil Erosion
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A movement of soil components such as surface litter and topsoil by wind or water
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Waterlogging
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Saturation of soil with irrigation or excessive precipitation so that the water table rises close to the suface
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Pestiside
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Chemicals used to kill or control populations of organisms that we consider undesirable
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Integrated Pest Management
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Combined use of biological chemical and cultivated methods in proper sequence and timing to keep pest population at manageable levels
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Soil Conservation
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Methods used to reduce soil erosion, prevent depletion of soil nutrients and restore nutrients previously lost
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Organic Fertilizer
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Organic material such as animal manure, compost and green manure applyed to cropland
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Desertification
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Conversion of rangeland, cropland to desert-like land caused by a combination of overgrazing, soil erosion, climate change and prolonged drought
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Salinization
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Accumulation of salt in the soil that eventually makes the soil unable to support plant growth
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Organic Agriculture
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Growing crops with limited or no use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Raising livestock naturally and mannaging pests naturally
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Manufactured (Commercial) Inorganic Fertilizer
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Commercially prepared mixture of inorganic plant nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates applied to the soil to increase plant growth
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