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CIESIN Topic: Agriculture and Food Security
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- agricultural diseases
- animal diseases
- plant diseases
- agricultural production
- agricultural chemicals
- agricultural commodities
- agricultural cooperatives
- agricultural equipment
- agricultural inputs
- agricultural management
- agricultural outputs
- agricultural production systems
- agricultural productivity
- agricultural products
- agricultural resources
- agricultural wastes
- animal production
- animal yields
- crop yields
- dry farming
- energy resources
- fallow
- food production
- forest production
- irrigated agriculture
- material resources
- mechanized agriculture
- mineral resources
- natural resources
- no tillage
- non-renewable resources
- organic farming
- pollutants
- primary production
- renewable resources
- resource depletion
- resource exploitation
- resource inventory
- resource scarcity
- risk management
- rotation
- set asides
- slash and burn
- subsistence agriculture
- toxic materials
- water resources
- biogeochemical cycles
- carbon cycle
- methane cycle
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrous oxide cycle
- phosphorus cycle
- sulfur cycle
- biological processes
- aerobic processes
- anaerobic processes
- fermentation
- photosynthesis
- reproduction
- respiration
- biota
- animals
- microorganisms
- plants
- chemical processes
- fixation
- hydration
- ion exchange
- oxidation
- reduction
- release
- weathering
- ecological dynamics
- adaptation
- competition
- distributions
- extinction
- mutation
- selection
- succession
- survival
- nutrients
- micronutrients
- vegetation
- flowering
- fruiting
- plant characteristics
- plant performance
- plant yield
© 1997, 1998. CIESIN.
Revised: March 1998.
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