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herding or domesticating aquatic animals and farming aquatic plants
aquaculture
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new techniques for modifying biological organisms and their physiological processes for applied purposes
biotechnology
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the production of identical organisms by asexual reproduction from a single cell of a preexisting organism
cloning
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raising food to sell
commercial agriculture
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a condition that exists when each successive application yields a smaller increase in production than the application preceeding
diminishing returns
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harvasting 2 crops from each field per year
double cropping
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economic activities that are 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th steps in the transformation of a raw material into goods for ultimate consumers
downstream activities
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a mexican form of land tenure in which a peasant community collectively owns a piece of land
ejido
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a 200 mile zone within which a coastal state controls both mining and fishing rights from its shores
exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
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a concentration of aquatic species suitable for commercial haravsting
fishery
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the joining of the genes of 2 organisms to produce recombinant genetic material
gene splicing (recombinant DNA)
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the manipulation of species' genetic material through selective breeding or recombinant DNA
genetic engineering
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an intensive effort to develop new grain varieties and associated agronomic systems and to establish them in developing countries
green revolution
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a theoretical perfectly flat surface with no variations across it
isotropic plain
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the specialized production of one crop
monoculture
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the raising of a variety of crops
polyculture
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to give or sell government assets to private individuals or investors
privatize
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an increase in the cost of an item due not to an increase in it's actual functionality or usefulness, but in its design, packaging, or status advertising
psychological value-added
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the indonesian term for a flooded rice field
sawah
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the continuing application of science to agriculture
scientific revolution in agriculture
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raising food only for one's self, not to sell
substinence agriculture
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slash-and-burn clearing and cultivation
swidden
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the difference between value of a raw material and the value of a product manufactured from that raw material
value added by manufacturing
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