Seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas
Horticulture
Growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
Mixed crop and livestock farming
Integration of crops and livestock on the same farm
Chaff
Husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing
Thresh
To beat out grain from stalks by trampling it
Swidden
A patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
Intensive subsistence agriculture
A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land
Winter wheat
Wheat planted in the fall and harvested in the early summer
Desertification
Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting
Agriculture
Deliberate modification of Earth's surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain
