What is maldistribution hypothesis for explaining global malnutrition?
Maldistribution hypothesis says that there is sufficient global food production, but poor can't buy it hence there is malnutrition.
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What are weather induced shortfalls in food production called?
Famines
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What does GMO stand for
Genetically Modified Organism
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How many people die each day from hunger or hunger related causes?
24,000
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Evidence supports the assertion that global per capita agricultural production is falling. True or False?
False. Between 1990 to 2005 p.c. global production increased by 13.5%
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What is the connection between high oil prices and malnutition in LDC's?
LDc's have less money to import food if they spend more of export earnings on importing oil.
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Fill in the blanks: When there is a glut in a particular crop, the prices_____and farmers income________
Decline, decline.
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What is the largest use of corn in the US?
Livestock feed
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In which one of the following countries more than half of the population is not malnourished?
Haiti, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Tajikstan
Ethiopia
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Give two reasons for increase in agricultural productivity in the US?
Improvement in machinery, use of commercial fertilizers, pesticides, development in animal and plant breeding, expansion in irrigation
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Law of comparative advantage says countries should be self sufficient in food production. True or False?
False
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How does the government stabilize fluctuations in food prices created due to weather patterns?
Stockpiling.
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What is share of US corn as a share of world corn production?
40%
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What percentage of the ingredients should be organic for a product to be classified as "Organic"
95%
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In the US, by how much did the average daily per capita calorie intake change between 1970 and 2003?
Increase of 523 calories
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What is undervaluation bias? Why is it a problem?
Use of price controls to keep price of food low in LDC's.
Leeds to low investment in agriculture and hence less food production and more imports
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What is the cobweb model?
Due to famine, prices rise; farmers plant more next season, there is a glut, prices fall; farmers plant less next season; there is a shortage; prices fall and so on
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What are some of genetic engineering techniques used to increase agricultural productivity?
Recombinant DNA, Tissue culture, Cell fusion
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According to the US census of 2002, how much (percentage) of agricultural cropland has been converted for non agricultural purposes compared to 1977
More than 50%
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Fill in the blanks:
Per hectare pesticide consumption has been _______ in developed countries and has been _____ in developing countries.
Decreasing, increasing
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What is green revolution? Was it a success?
Green revolution was use of new, better variety of seeds combined with increased use of fertilizer to increase agricultural production .
Yes, productivity doubled or tripled, increase in farm incomes
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Give two ways in which government intervenes in agricultural sector?
1. Subsidies farm equipment, fertilizers, pesticides
2.Guarantees prices for outputs
3.Gives marketing loans
4.Imposes trade barriers to prevent imports of agricultural goods
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For 2006:
a. What was the ethnol production in the US?
b. How much corn production went into ethnol production in the US?