Food and Famine

cultivation

the process of preparing the land for growing crops

irrigation

a means of supplying water for agriculture

precipitation

water that falls to the Earth's surface

a famine

severe hunger; a drastic food shortage

catastrophic

extremely harmful

to abandon

to leave, to give up

adversely

affecting in a harmful, negative way

to anticipate

to sense or expect something before it happens

to aggregate

to collect together into a whole

to fertilize

to supply nourishment to plants

to intensify

to increase in power or strength

to obtain

to gain possession of, to get

photosynthesis

the process by which plants combine light energy into chemical energy

to collide

to come together with great or violent force

an eruption

a sudden, often violent, outburst

a flood

an overflowing of water; an excessive amount

an impact

a strong influence

to persevere

to keep going in spite of obstacles

to plunge

to go down suddenly

to unleash

to release a thing or emotion