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Green Revolution

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The development and introduction of new varieties of (mainly) wheat and rice that has increased yields per acre dramatically in many countries since the 1960s

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Conservation Reserve Program

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A federal program whereby farmers are paid to place highly erodible cropland in a reserve

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Subsistence farmers

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Farming that meets the food needs of farmers and their families, but little more; involved hand labor and is practiced extensively in the developing world

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Doubly Green Revolution

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A revolution that is even more productive than the first Green Revolution and even more ‘green’ in terms of conserving natural resources and the environment

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Cartagena Protocol on Biodiversity

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An international agreement governing race in genetically modified organisms; signed in January 2000

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Precautionary principle

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The principle that says that where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, the absence of scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation

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Malnutrition

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The lack of essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and amino acids; ranges from mild to severe and life threatening

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Undernourishment

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A form of hunger in which the individual lacks adequate food energy, as measured in calories; starvation is the most serve form of undernutrition

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Famine

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A severe shortage of food accompanied by a significant increase in the local or regional death rate

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Cash crops

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A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower