Organic Agriculture Crossword Puzzle

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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

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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