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Unit 1 Vocab AICE EV
Environement Mangament AICE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Food Security | When all people, at all times, have physical, social, economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life |
| Salinisation | An increase of salt content (usually of agriculture soils, irrigation water, or drinking water. |
| Overcropping | Nutrient deficient soil due to crops being constantly grown on them. |
| Monoculture Crops | The cultivation of a single crop in an area |
| Subsistence Farmer | When a famer grows food for their family and not to sell at the market |
| Biofuel | Fuel derived from biomass (plant or algal material or animal waste). |
| Food Aid | Help given to a country or region suffering from food insecurity. |
| Homogenous | Describing of the same kind, e.g crops produced by a farmer may be all of the same kind. |