AFS2002(pt.3)
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- ploughing
- the farmers prepare the land for planting by ploughing with either a animal drawn plough or with large hoes.
- NEPAD
- The New Partnership for Africa's Development
- planting
- after the land is prepared, the farmer plants the seeds or root- sections.
- AGOA
- The African Growth of Opportunity Act
- the goal of commercial agriculture
- to generate income and profit through the sale of agriculture products produced on the farm.
- subsistence farming
- is common in Africa; subsistence means to produce enough to meet consumption needs with little or no surplus.
- harvesting
- when the plants are mature, the farmer harvests the crops.
- MDGs
- The Millennium Development Goals
- clearing land
- farmers use axes and machete-like knives to clear vegetation.
- commercial farming
- th production of agricultural products used primarily for sale or trade.
- economical development
- economic growth- high incomes; absence of poverty; long and healthy lives; literacy and education; sustainable use of environmental and natural resources; investment in the next generation.
- HDI
- Human Development Index
- weeding/fertilizing
- as soon as the plants germinate, the farmer is busy with weeding, applying fertilizers. Tending of crops continue until harvests..