Used to describe a state in which there is not enough reliable, affordable and nutritious food available.
The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.
An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.
Involves utilizing fields and gardens over a wide area through rotation in time, as opposed to the fixed cultivation that is necessarily dominant in the densely populated South Asian region, for example.
Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.
A crop that is easy to bring to market and is also considered a primary good, such as wheat.
The highly disputed, militarized region that separates Southeast Pakistan and Northern India.
A system of government that is ruled by the leaders of a religion, or based on the beliefs of a single religion.
Refers to the movement from a more centralized form of economy to a freer, market-based economy.
Name given to a series of innovations that were especially prominent from the late 1960s to the 1970s, that increased agriculture production through new high-yielding varieties of crops, irrigation, and the use pesticides and fertilizers.
Currency from another country.
A social system created by Hinduism and reinforced by the British in India, that is made up of social categories that determine not only position in the social hierarchy but also proportionate occupation, behaviors and mores such as eligible marriage partners.
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