As a whole, the core cause of global undernutrition is - Answers poverty
The network of relationships between food producers and consumers, and all the places and region
involved in this network, is known as the - Answers food supply chain.
Which of the following is NOT one of the major changes occurring globally in agriculture? - Answers
increase in the number of people employed in agriculture
Farmers are the dominant players in the global food system. - Answers false.
Subsistence agriculture is characterized by agriculturalists who - Answers consume what they
produce.
Which continent has the most mandatory genetically modified food labeling requirements? - Answers
Europe
Negative social and environmental impacts from the globalization and agriculture are confined to the
world's core. - Answers False
The industrialization of agriculture involves all of the following except - Answers the replacement of
chemically-oriented agriculture with organic production.
An alternative food movement that directly connects farmers with consumers, originated in Japan
and is spreading throughout the core is - Answers CSA
Which region or country has benefited the least from the Green Revolution? - Answers Africa
Agricultural subsidies - Answers distort the true market value of the agricultural products being
subsidized.
The industrialization of agriculture has made the farm - Answers a component in the
agro-commodity production system.
The primary worldwide benefit of the Green Revolution has been an increase in - Answers food
production
Shifting cultivation is mostly commonly practiced in - Answers tropical and subtropical regions
Over 50% of China's population is now urban, with millions more leaving the farms every year
because of low pay. How is China currently addressing the issue of increased urbanization and fewer
farms? - Answers China is now allowing more agriculture imports.
The Chinese gov't wants its farmers to focus on what type of agriculture? - Answers Cash crops
Most Chinese farmers today are - Answers elderly men and women
With it enormous population, the Chinese gov't believes it must grow certain grains to provide food
security for its people. This would entail domestic production as a means to meet the country's food
demands. What three crops are vital to China's food security? - Answers wheat, rice, and corn
The dramatic increases in yields associated with the second agricultural revolution coincided with -
Answers a commercial market for food created by the growing urban labor force
For a Midwestern family that wishes to eat from the local food shed, they would most like have to do
without - Answers bananas
For the most part, at least in its first decades, the Green Revolution targeted ________ for
improvements - Answers grains like rice, corn, and wheat
The more one eats from the local food shed, the more one is likely to be a(n) - Answers locavore
Pastoralism - Answers is most commonly practiced in drier climates unsuitable for subsistence
agriculture
The practice of land grabbing--foreign investment in agricultural land in the world's periphery--is
designed to - Answers make a profit and feed the core.
Northumberland is known being a prime for growing what kind of crop(s)? - Answers
Northumberland is one of the prime areas for growing cereals.
How did the Northumberland organic wheat farmer increases the fertility of his fields? - Answers The
farmer increased the fertility of his fields by planting clover in his field for 2-3 years
What is one of the major setbacks associated with organic farming? - Answers organic farming is very
labor intensive
Because organic farming doesn't use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, it is good for the
environment. Some argue, however, that organic farming isn't necessarily a good thing. Why? -
Answers ...because it produces less output and it won't be enough to feed the world's growing
population