Geog ch 8

herding or domesticating aquatic animals and farming aquatic plants

new techniques for modifying biological organisms and their physiological processes for applied purposes

the production of identical organisms by asexual reproduction from a single cell of a preexisting organism

raising food to sell

a condition that exists when each successive application yields a smaller increase in production than the application preceeding

harvasting 2 crops from each field per year

economic activities that are 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th steps in the transformation of a raw material into goods for ultimate consumers

a mexican form of land tenure in which a peasant community collectively owns a piece of land

a 200 mile zone within which a coastal state controls both mining and fishing rights from its shores

a concentration of aquatic species suitable for commercial haravsting

the joining of the genes of 2 organisms to produce recombinant genetic material

the manipulation of species' genetic material through selective breeding or recombinant DNA

an intensive effort to develop new grain varieties and associated agronomic systems and to establish them in developing countries

a theoretical perfectly flat surface with no variations across it

the specialized production of one crop

the raising of a variety of crops

to give or sell government assets to private individuals or investors

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

the indonesian term for a flooded rice field

the continuing application of science to agriculture

raising food only for one's self, not to sell

slash-and-burn clearing and cultivation

the difference between value of a raw material and the value of a product manufactured from that raw material