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| 5966857944 | malnourished | Having a diet that lacks the correct balance of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals | 0 | |
| 5966857945 | food security | A condition in which people have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for an active and healthy life | 1 | |
| 5966857946 | food insecurity | A condition in which people do not have adequate access to food | 2 | |
| 5966857947 | famine | The condition in which food insecurity is so extreme that large numbers of deaths occur in a given area over a short period of time | 3 | |
| 5966857948 | anemia | A deficiency in iron | 4 | |
| 5966857949 | overnutrition | Ingestion of too many calories and improper foods | 5 | |
| 5966857950 | meat | Livestock or poultry consumed as food | 6 | |
| 5966857951 | Industrial agriculture | Agriculture that applies the techniques of mechanization and standardization | 7 | |
| 5966857952 | energy subsidy | The energy input per calorie of food produced | 8 | |
| 5966857953 | Green Revolution | A shift in agriculture in the twentieth century that included new management techniques, mechanization, fertilization, irrigation, and improved crop variates, and resulted in increased food output | 9 | |
| 5966857954 | economies of scale | The observation that average costs of production fall as output increases. | 10 | |
| 5966857955 | waterlogging | A form of soil degradation that occurs when soil remains under water for prolonged periods | 11 | |
| 5966857956 | salinization | A form of soil degradation that occurs when the small amount of salts in irrigation water becomes highly concentration on the soil surface through evaportation | 12 | |
| 5966857957 | organic fertilizers | Fertilizers composed of organic matter from plants and animals | 13 | |
| 5966857958 | inorganic fertilizers | Synthetic fertilizers; fertilizers produced commercially, normally with the use of fossil fuels | 14 | |
| 5966857959 | monocropping | An agricultural method that utilizes large plantings of a single species | 15 | |
| 5966857960 | pesticide | A substances, either natural or synthetic, that kills or controls organisms that people consider pests | 16 | |
| 5966857961 | insecticides | A pesticide that targets species of insects and other invertabrates | 17 | |
| 5966857962 | herbicides | A pesticide that targets plant species that compete with crops | 18 | |
| 5966857963 | broad-spectrum pesticides | A pesticide that kills many different types of pests | 19 | |
| 5966857964 | persistent | The length of time a chemical remains in the environment | 20 | |
| 5966857965 | bioaccumulation | An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism over time | 21 | |
| 5966857966 | nonpersistent pesticide | A pesticide that breaks does rapidly, usually in weeks or months | 22 | |
| 5966857967 | resistant | In terms of pesticides, the ability of the targeted pest to survive | 23 | |
| 5966857968 | pesticide treadmill | A cycle of pesticide development, followed by pest resistance, followed by new pesticide development | 24 | |
| 5966857969 | conventional agriculture | industrial agriculture | 25 | |
| 5966857970 | shifting agriculture | An agricultural method in which land is cleared and used for a few years until the soil is depleted of nutrients | 26 | |
| 5966857971 | desertification | The transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use such as overgrazing | 27 | |
| 5966857972 | nomadic grazing | Feeding herds of animals by moving them to seasonally productive feeding grounds, often over long distances | 28 | |
| 5966857973 | sustainable agriculture | Agriculture that fulfills the need for food and fiber while enhancing the quality of of the soil, minimizing the use of nonrenewable resources, and allowing economic viability to the farmer | 29 | |
| 5966857974 | intercropping | An agricultural technique in which two or more crop species are plated in the same field at the same time to promote a synergistic interaction | 30 | |
| 5966857975 | crop rotation | An agricultural technique in which crop species in a field are alternated from season to season | 31 | |
| 5966857976 | agroforestry | An agricultural technique in which trees and vegetables are intercropped | 32 | |
| 5966857977 | contour plowing | An agricultural technique in which plowing and harvesting are done parallel to the topographic contours of the land | 33 | |
| 5966857978 | no-till agriculture | An agricultural method in which farmers do not turn the soil between seasons, used as a means of reducing soil erosion | 34 | |
| 5966857979 | integrated pest management (IPM) | An agricultural practice that uses a variety of techniques designed o minimize pesticide inputs | 35 | |
| 5966857980 | organic agriculture | Productions of crops with the goal of improving the soil each year without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers | 36 | |
| 5966857981 | concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) | A large outdoor space used to raise animals at very high densities | 37 | |
| 5966857982 | fishery | A commercially harvestable population of fish within a particular ecological region | 38 | |
| 5966857983 | fishery collapse | The decline of a fish population by 90 percent or more | 39 | |
| 5966857984 | bycatch | The unintentional catch of nontarget species while fishing | 40 | |
| 5966857985 | individual transferable quotas (ITQs) | A fishery management program in which individual fishers are given a total allowable catch of fish in a season that they can either catch or sell | 41 | |
| 5966857986 | aquaculture | Farming aquatic organisms, such as fish, shellfish, and seaweeds | 42 | |
| 5966857987 | annual plants | A plant that only lives one season | 43 | |
| 5966857988 | perennial plants | A plant that lives for multiple years | 44 |
