10. Agricultural Change and Food Systems Online Quiz Questions

The seed is advertised internationally, regardless of local conditions.

The seed is provided with access to water, credit, inputs, technical support, and reliable markets.

The seed replaces the need for transportation and processing facilities.

The seed is adopted only by farms that continue using traditional varieties.

Increased soil organic matter and improved water clarity

Lower evaporation and higher groundwater recharge

Algal blooms followed by oxygen depletion

Reduced plant growth because nutrients are removed from the water

Only farms that grow crops for household use

Only government agencies that regulate food production

Only restaurants and grocery stores that sell prepared food

Businesses and activities connected to agricultural inputs, production, processing, distribution, retail, and food services

Its improved varieties generally required supporting inputs such as irrigation and fertilizer to achieve high yields.

It eliminated the need for government policies and infrastructure.

Its benefits were uneven where farmers lacked water, capital, roads, or research focused on local crops.

Intensive input use could contribute to groundwater depletion, soil degradation, pesticide exposure, and water pollution.

Crop rotation can interrupt pest cycles and improve soil fertility.

Cover cropping can protect soil and increase organic matter.

Monocropping across large areas generally increases habitat diversity and reduces pest vulnerability.

Efficient irrigation methods can reduce water loss.

True

False

True

False

The replacement of all traditional farming with mechanized farming

The spread of crops, livestock, farming practices, or technologies between places

The conversion of farmland into protected wilderness

The measurement of farm output per unit of labor

Introducing a new crop variety without changing farm management

Replacing food crops with forests to increase biodiversity

Combining improved crop varieties with irrigation, fertilizers, research, and supportive infrastructure

Reducing all agricultural inputs in order to eliminate environmental impacts

Applying different amounts of seed, fertilizer, or water to different parts of a field based on data

Using only hand tools so that no farm machinery is needed

Growing one crop continuously across the entire farm

Moving a farm to a region with more favorable climate conditions

Retailing → farming → processing → input supply

Processing → input supply → farming → consumption

Consumption → farming → transportation → storage

Farming → storage → processing → transportation → wholesale → retail

Food security depends only on the total amount of food produced in a region.

High regional production guarantees that every household can obtain a nutritious diet.

A region may produce substantial food while poverty, conflict, unequal distribution, or high prices leave some households food insecure.

Food insecurity occurs only when a region produces no food at all.

True

False