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Flashcards by María Peinado Toledo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by María Peinado Toledo
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Subsistence agriculture | Farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing. |
| Commercial agriculture | The producer is farming with intent to sell some or even all of his/her production. |
| FAO | Agency created to stop hunger |
| Agriculture poverty | The consequence of lack of arable land, the lack of water for irrigation and the speculation of crop prices |
| Sustainable agriculture | is farming in sustainable way based on an understanding of ecosystem services. |
| Settlement | Certain area where people established a community. |
| Bocage | Is a field into several plots for different types of cultivation |
| Extensive agriculture | Is a large land with a large amount of one product with low cost |
| Polyculture | Is the part of the land that is divided up into small plots and farmers grow a variety of crops |
| Enclosed fields | Irregular plots separated by walls or hedges. These landscape can be found in European countries near the Atlantic Ocean |
| Livestock farming | Consisted of raising domesticated animals for food or other products |
| Traditional livestock farming | Consist in raising livestock just to meet the basic needs of the farmer. |
| Commercial livestock farming | Consists in raising livestock with the purpose of selling the production |
| Intensive livestock farming | Consist in raising livestock in specialized farms that aims to maximize the production. |
| Extensive livestock farming | Consists in raising livestock in open lands |
| Fishing | Is the method used to extract food resources from rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. |
| Aquaculture | This consists of farming marine animals and plants in both fresh water and salt water. |
| Fleet | Group of ships |
| Shoal of fish | Group of fish |
| Scant | Very little and not enough |
| Agriculture | The cultivation of plants for food. |
| Farms | Is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops. |
| Livestock production | This consists on taking care of some animals to get from them food or other products |
| Fishing | Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish |
| Forestry | It consists in the exploitation of forest and pines |
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