Agriculture Food
What is agriculture mainly about?
The science and practice of growing crops and raising animals for food and other products
What is food preservation?
The process of treating and storing food to stop spoilage and keep it safe to eat longer.
Bananas grow on trees
Fiction! They grow on giant herbs not trees.
Chickens can remember over 100 different faces- including humans
True! Chickens are smarter than most people think
What is Guyana main crop besides rice?
Sugar
What are two common preservation methods used in Agriculture?
Drying, Jellying, Canning, Pickling or Freezing
Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated
Farm! Cows can form friendships and get attached
What's the world's largest fruit weighing up to 55 kg and grows on the trunk of a tree?
Jackfruit
The process of making jam?
Fruit - Juice - add sugar - Boil - Jam
Why does sugar help preserve jam?
Sugar removes water from microbes, stopping them from growing.
Carrots used to be purple before orange ones were created
Farm! Orange carrots were bred later in the netherlands.
A farmer plants a seed and it gows underwater, what crop is it?
Rice!
What month is agriculture month?
October
What is the role of heat in food perservation?
It kills harmful bacteria.
Chocolate comes from a fruit
Farm! it comes from cocoa pods, which are fruits
Which animal gives us milk used to make cheese, butter and sometimes even soap?
Goat and cow
If you were a farmer during agriculture month, how would u explain the link between Farming and food security in Guyana?
Agriculture provides food, Jobs and stability. Local farming ensures Guyana Feeds.
Explain why proper preservation helps farmers and consumers.
Farmers earn more by selling longer-lasting products; consumers get safe, tasty food all year.
In Guyana, sugarcane was once used to make paper
Fiction! its used for sugar and rum, not paper
Which sweet agricultural product did Guyana break a record for exporting?
Sugar!