kwashiorkor
Type of malnutrition that occurs in infants and very young children when they are weaned from mother's milk to a starchy diet low in protein. See marasmus, malnutrition.
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Chapter 13 - Food Resources
interplanting
Simultaneously growing a variety of crops on the same plot. See agroforestry, intercropping, polyculture, polyvarietal cultivation.
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intercropping
Growing two or more different crops at the same time on a plot. For example, a carbohydrate-rich grain that depletes soil nitrogen and a protein-rich legume that adds nitrogen to the soil may be intercropped. Compare monoculture, polyculture, polyvarietal cultivation.
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Industrialized agriculture
Using large inputs of energy from fossil fuels (especially oil and natural gas), water, fertilizer, and pesticides to produce large quantities of crops and livestock for domestic and foreign sale. Compare subsistence farming.
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high-input agriculture
See industrialized agriculture.
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green revolution
Popular term for introduction of scientifically bred or selected varieties of grain (rice, wheat, maize) that, with high enough inputs of fertilizer and water, can greatly increase crop yields.
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Genetically modified organism (GMO)
Organism whose genetic makeup has been modified by genetic engineering.
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Genetic engineering
Insertion of an alien gene into an organism to give it a new and usually beneficial genetic trait. Compare artificial selection, natural selection.
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gene splicing
See genetic engineering.
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fishery
Concentrations of particular aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in a given ocean area or inland body of water.
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