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| 3753731470 | malnourished | having a diet that lacks the correct b alance of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals | 0 | |
| 3753731471 | food security | a condition in which people have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for an acive and healthy life | 1 | |
| 3753731472 | food insecurity | a condition in which people do not have adequate access to food | 2 | |
| 3753731473 | famine | the condition in which food insecurity is so extreme that large numbers of deaths occur in a given area over a relatively short period | 3 | |
| 3753731474 | anemia | a deficiency of iron | 4 | |
| 3753731475 | meat | livestock or poultry consumed as food | 5 | |
| 3753731476 | industrial agriculture (agribusiness) | agriculture that applies the techniques of mechanization and standardization | 6 | |
| 3753731477 | energy subsidy | the energy input per calorie of food produced | 7 | |
| 3753731478 | Green Revolution | a shift in africultural practices in the twentieth century that included new management techniques, mechanization, fertilization, irrigation, and improved crop varieties, and resulted in increased food output | 8 | |
| 3753731479 | economies of scale | the observation that average costs of production fall as output increases | 9 | |
| 3753731480 | waterlogging | a form of soil degradation that occurs when soil remains under water for prolonged periods | 10 | |
| 3753731481 | salinization | a form of soil degradation that occurs when the small amount of salts in irrigation water becomes highly concentrated on the soil surface through evaporation | 11 | |
| 3753731482 | organic fertilizers | fertilizer composed of organic matter from plants and animals | 12 | |
| 3753731483 | inorganic fertilizers | aka synthetic fertilizerfertilizer produced commercially, normally with the use of fossil fuels | 13 | |
| 3753731484 | aquaculture | farming aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and seaweeds | 14 | |
| 3753731485 | monocropping | an agricultural method that utilizes large plantings of a single species of variety | 15 | |
| 3753731486 | pesticides | a substance, either natural or synthetic, that kills or controls organisms that people consider pests | 16 | |
| 3753731487 | insecticides | a pesticide that targets species of insects and other invertibrates | 17 | |
| 3753731488 | herbicides | a pesticide that targets plant species that compete with crops | 18 | |
| 3753731489 | broad-spectrum pesticides | a pesticide that kills many different types of pests | 19 | |
| 3753731490 | selective pesticides | a pesticide that targets a narrower range of organisms | 20 | |
| 3753731491 | persistence | the length of time a chemical remains in the environment | 21 | |
| 3753731492 | bioaccumulation | an increased concentration of achemical within an organism over time | 22 | |
| 3753731493 | nonpersistent pesticide | a pesticide that breaks down rapidly, usually in weeks or months | 23 | |
| 3753731494 | resistantance | a measure of how much a disturbance can affect flows of energy and matter in an ecosystem | 24 | |
| 3753731495 | pesticide treadmill | a cycle of pesticide deelopment, followed by pest resistance, followed by new pesticide development | 25 | |
| 3753731496 | conventional agriculture | aka industrial agriculture | 26 | |
| 3753731497 | shifting agriculture | an agricultural method in which land is cleared and used for a few years until the soil is depleted of nutrients | 27 | |
| 3753731498 | desertification | the transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use | 28 | |
| 3753731499 | nomadic grazing | feeding herds of animals by moving them to seasonally productive feeding grounds, often over long distances | 29 | |
| 3753731500 | sustainable agriculture | agriculture that fulfills the need for food and fiber while enhancing the quality of the soil, minimizing the use of nonrenewable resources, and allowing economic viability for the farmer | 30 | |
| 3753731501 | intercropping | an aagricutlural method in which two or more crop species are planted in the same field at the same time to promote a synergistic interaction | 31 | |
| 3753731502 | crop rotation | an agricultural technique in which crop species in a field are alternated from season to season | 32 | |
| 3753731503 | agroforestry | an agricultural technique in which trees and vegetables are intercropped | 33 | |
| 3753731504 | contour plowing | an agricultural technique in which plowing and harvesting are done parallel to the topographic contours of the land | 34 | |
| 3753731505 | no till agriculture | an agricultural method in which farmers do not turn the soil between seasons, used as a means of reducing erosion | 35 | |
| 3753731506 | Intergrated Pest Management | an agricultural practice that uses a variety of techniques designed to minimize pesticide inputs | 36 | |
| 3753731507 | organic agriculture | production of crops with the goal of improving the soil each year without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers | 37 | |
| 3753731508 | concentrated agriculture feeding operations | a large indoor or outdoor structure used to raise animals at very high densities | 38 | |
| 3753731509 | fishery | a commercially harvestable population of fish within a particular ecological region | 39 | |
| 3753731510 | fishery collapse | the decline of a fish population by 90% or more | 40 | |
| 3753731511 | bycatch | the unintentional catch of nontarget species while fishing | 41 | |
| 3753731512 | individual transferable quotas | a fishery management program in which individual fisers are given a total allowable catch of fish in a season that they can either catch or sell | 42 |
