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9880444031debt for nature swapA country's foreign debt is forgiven in return for a promise to protect the environment.0
9880456916double croppingplanting 2 crops per year1
9880468164extractive industryindustries involved in the activities of: prospecting and exploring for a nonrenewable resource, getting them, further exploring them, developing them, or extracting them from the earth2
9880504119First Agricultural Revolutiondating back 10,000 years, it achieved plant domestication and animal domestication.3
9880516171Green Revolutionthe introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s4
9880532339intertillagethe manual clearing of rows in the field though the use of hoes, rakes, and other manual equipment5
9880546639medditerranean agricultureAn agricultural system practiced in the Mediterranean-style climates of Western Europe, California, and portions of Chile and Australia, in which diverse specialty crops such as grapes, avocados.6
9880555412planned economyAn agricultural economy found in communist nations in which the government controls both agricultural production and distribution.7
9880583710Second Agricultural RevolutionImprovements in farming methods that began in the later Middle Ages8
9880600016staple grainsMaize, wheat, and rice are the most produced grains produced world wide9
9880606533suitcase farmingIndividuals who live in urban areas a great distance from their land and drive to the country to care for their crops and livestock.10
9880616755Tragedy of the commonsocial trap that involves a conflict over resources between interests and the common good.11

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