Role and importance of agriculture
The word agriculture comes from what language?
Latin
Agricultural production is directly affected by climatic conditions. True or False
True
What are the two types of production?
primary and secondary production
How many cooperatives are there?
7
List the three reasons why we process crops
preserve them, convert them into another food product and extract a product from them.
What does GNP stands for?
Gross National Product
They are two distinct seasons, what are they?
Dry and wet season
What is production?
is a planned economic activity incorporating several inputs; it focuses on the manufacture of goods and a number of services. ( process of combining input in order to get an output)
What is capital?
is the factor of production used in combination with land, labor and management to produce goods and services to satisfy consumers.
Why is preservation important?
because it prevents growth of micro organisms, such as bacteria and fungi which cause spoilage
What does Agriculture covers?
It covers all the arts, skills, sciences, industries and services used by humans to obtain food from land.
What is topography?
Is the external features of the land which can affect methods of cultivation and crop production.
In a farm enterprise, input consist of? give two examples
land, labor, machinery, fuel, farm buildings, planting materials, fertilizer and pesticides.
A farmer's capital resources can be divided into _____ and ______.
fixed capital and operating capital (working)
How can micro organism be killed?
with heat.
List 3 Career opportunities in agriculture.
-food production, sales and marketing, food inspection and quality control, agro-processing, education, engineering.
What is praedial larceny?
is the stealing of agriculture produce such as groups and livestock.
____ is the quantity of a product (good) which consumers are willing to buy at a certain price at a particular time.
Demand
List two examples of stock.
What is the boiling point of water and the freezing point
100 degrees Celsius
0 -20 degrees celsius
What is foreign exchange?
Disasters have cost the region______ of dollars and damaged economic health and development.
Billions
Explain Supply.
can be defined as the total amount of product that is able to produce and offer to the market.
List the 7 types of cooperatives
produce, consumer, purchasing, processing, marketing, commodity and service
How many food processing techniques are there? List them
5 heat, refrigeration, freezing, drying, and fermentation.