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livestock |
farm animals; domestic animals raised for their working ability or for their value as a source of food and other products |
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famine |
lack of food in a place; time of starving |
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temperate |
not very hot, and not very cold |
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Thomas Malthus |
English economist: Said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies |
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calorie |
a unit of the energy supplied by food |
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protein |
a substance that is a necessary part of the cells of animals and plants |
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nutrients |
a nourishing substance |
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legume |
a plant which bears pods containing a number of seeds |
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pulses |
the seeds of a group of plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils, used as food |
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cereal grains |
corn, wheat, rice, and other grasses |
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food reserves |
help prevent shortages after poor farming years |
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fertilizer |
manure, or any organic substance, or a chemical that makes soil richer in plant foods when it is spread over or put into soil |
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per capita |
for each person |
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Green Revolution |
term used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations that led to significant increases in agricultural production between the 1940s and 1960s |
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feed lot |
a type of concentrated animal feeding operation |
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soybean |
used in making flour and oil and as a food |
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forage |
to hunt or search for food |
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UN |
United Nations |
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FAO |
Food and Agricultural Organization |
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aquaculture |
the raising of plants or animals, such as fish or shellfish, in or at the bottom of the sea, a lake, a river, or other body of water |
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malnourished |
improperly nourished |
