| A | B |
|---|
| agriculture | deliberate modification of Earth's surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain |
| crop | any plant cultivated by people |
| kjon | wild onions |
| subsistence agriculture | production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family |
| commerical agriculture | production of food primarily for sale off the farm |
| prime agricultural land | most productive farmland |
| agribusiness | commercial farming |
| shifting cultivation | slash and burn farming |
| swidden | area cleared by slash and burn tactics |
| pastoral nomadism | herding of domesticated animals |
| transhumance | seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures |
| pasture | grass or other plants grown for feeding animals |
| intensive subsistence agriculture | most of the work is done by hand or with animals |
| sawah | flooded field |
| paddy | Malay wet rice |
| chaff | husks |
| winnowed | blown away by the wind |
| hull | outer covering of rice |
| double cropping | obtaining two harvests per year from one field |
| crop rotation | rotating the use of different fields from crop to crop each year |
| plantation | large farm that specializes in one or two crops |
| cereal grain | oats, wheat, rye, and barley |
| milkshed | ring surrounding a city from which milk can be supplied without spoiling |
| grain | seed from various grasses |
| winter-wheat | planted in autumn, harvested at start of summer |
| spring-wheat | planted in spring, harvested in late summer |
| reaper | machine that cuts grain standing in the field |
| combine | machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans |
| ranching | commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area |
| horticulture | growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers |
| truck farming | commercial growing of fruits and vegetables |
| sustainable agariculture | preserves and enhances environmental quality |
| ridge tillage | planting crops on ridge tops |
| desertification | human actions causing land quality to deteriorate |
| green revolution | invention and rapid diffusion of more productive agricultural techniques |
