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- cereal grains
- corn, wheat, rice, and other grasses
- 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
- 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.
- Thomas Malthus
- English economist: Said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies
- malnourished
- improperly nourished
- nutrients
- a nourishing substance
- soybean
- used in making flour and oil and as a food
- 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
- forage
- to hunt or search for food
- FAO
- Food and Agricultural Organization
- UN
- United Nations
- legume
- a plant which bears pods containing a number of seeds
- calorie
- a unit of the energy supplied by food
- pulses
- the seeds of a group of plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils, used as food.
- protein
- a substance that is a necessary part of the cells of animals and plants
- famine:
- lack of food in a place; time of starving
- feed lot
- a type of concentrated animal feeding operation
- livestock
- farm animals; domestic animals raised for their working ability or for their value as a source of food and other products
- food reserves
- help prevent shortages after poor farming years
- temperate
- not very hot, and not very cold
- per capita
- for each person