Organic Agriculture Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• annual crop : crop produced by a plant whose entire life cycle is completed within a single growing season
• farm unit : total area of land under control of one farmer or collective of farmers, and including all the farming activities or enterprises.
• buffer zone : clearly defined and identifiable boundary area bordering an organic production site that is established to limit application of, or contact with, prohibited substances from an adjacent area.
• biosecurity : analyze and manage risks in the sectors of food safety, animal life and health, and plant life and health, including associated environmental risk.
• contamination : contact of organic crops, animals, land, or products with substance that would compromise the organic integrity.
• dehulling : removing the hull from the paddy rice, in order to get brown rice
• post harvest : series of activities starting from grain drying, milling, storage
• toxicity : injury or damage to a target organism caused by a poison or toxin; infection, replication, or viability of the microorganism is not necessarily required.
• raw materials : naturally-occurring materials used in the production of organic soil amendments
• micro algae : small microscopic aquatic photosynthetic plants; also called phytoplankton
• mari culture : farming of aquatic plants and animals in unconfined open waters of the sea including bays, coves and estuaries regardless of actual salinity level or depth
• inoculums : cells used in an inoculation, such as cells added to start a culture
• aflatoxins : refers to a group of highly toxic mycotoxins produced by fungi of the genus aspergillus.
• organic : refers to the particular farming and processing systems, described in the standards and not in the classical chemical sense.
• split production : situation where only part of the farm or processing unit is certified as organic.
• salinization : increase in salt concentration in an environmental medium, notably soil