A) agriculture

B) pollution

C) crop

D) irrigation

E) cultivation

F) requirement

1) the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants

2) the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to s

provide food, wool, and other products

3) a cultivated plant that is grown as food, esp. a grain,

4) the process of polluting water, air, or land, especially with poisonous chemicals.

5) something demanded or imposed as an obligation

6) The use of water pumped from boreholes or diverted from rivers to assist agriculture

6. Translate the following noun + noun combinations.

Pest control, food production, land degradation, soil erosion, nutrient depletion, soil fertility, wind erosion, water erosion, crop production.

7. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases in English: agriculture, pollution of the environment, cultivation, irrigation, requirements for heat, moisture requirements.

8. Write a clear well-structured description of vegetable farm or poultry farm from variety of information sources. Give detailed information about the farm’s history, its annual yields, machinery fleet and human resources used on it, and about its profits.

Unit 2.