Most of Latin America has been characterized by ______ large land-grand estates owned by the few and ________ small poor holdings that rarely provide adequate employment for a family ?

A. Multitudinous latitudinous
B. Latifundios, minifundios
C. Feudum, nocere
D. Grameen, repetto

Which of the following is not a consequence of growing agricultural commercialization ?

A. An increase in the number of landless laborers
B. An increase in rural poverty
C. Women gain in decision making power
D. Workers nutrition is reduced

Which of the following statement about rural and agricultural development is true ?

A. Rural development is the same as agricultural development
B. The agrarian community requires a full range of services such as schools merchants banks and so on
C. Household nonfarm income is uncorrelated to farm productivity and uncorrelated to farm productivity and household incomes in kenya
D. China’s rural population receives little income from nonfarm income

Which of the following is not among the most advanced global food chain cluster with headquarters in the US ?

A. Cargil/monsanto
B. Conagra
C. Novartis/adm
D. Procter & gamble

Which of the following NOT a cause of food insecurity, according to Nic Maunder, a specialist on Ethiopia ?

A. War and bad governance
B. Corruption and mismanagement
C. Poor roads
D. Aid from developed nations

Which of the following is not true about the specialized farm ?

A. Such a farm is the most advanced
B. Such a farm usually emphasizes
C. Such a farm is labor intensive
D. Such a farm uses advanced technology and takes advantage of economies of scale.

Which scholar argues the following Plantations have no significant advantage over peasants [for] crops for which centralized processing and marketing are not necessary Cocoa and coconuts are typical examples of a lack of large scale economies Peasants can grow and process these crops in small lots with no large capital requirement beyond small indigenous tools and facilities ?

A. Yujiro hayami
B. Raanan weitz
C. Hans singer
D. Tim dyson

Which of the following is not a major factor raising LDC agricultural labor productivity ?

A. New biological chemical mechanical inputs in production
B. New technical and organizational knowledge from greater specialization
C. Expanded markets for agricultural output
D. Massive government intervention

Which index combines measures of calorie availability (in relation to requirement) the growth of per capita daily energy supply food production food staples self-sufficiency, and variability of food production and consumption ?

A. Food sufficiency index
B. Food security index
C. Food self-intake index
D. Food growth index

Which of the following colonial policy contribute further to today’s agricultural underdevelopment in Africa ?

I. Colonial governments compelled farmers to grow selected crops
Ii. colonialism often changed traditional land tenure systems from individual control to communal
Iii. colonialists failed to train african agricultural scientists and managers
Iv. research and development concentrated on food production and small farmers and herders.