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Commercial agricultural systems in the core are especially efficient in terms of food production per unit of ________.
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labor
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Plantations from coffee, cocoa and tea to rubber, palm oil and bananas, typically practice ________?
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monoculture
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An agrarian culture is one in which ________ and ________ is predominant in daily life?
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agriculture and production
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Subsistence agriculture is characterized by agriculturalists who do what?
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consume all that they produce
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Shifting cultivation is characterized by the practice of rotating ________ to maintian soil fertility to avoid soil errosion.
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fields
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Pastoral nomads depend on ________ like (sheep and cattle) rather than ________ for their livelihood.
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animals, crops
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In contrast to the first two agricultural revolutions, the third one originated in the ________ ________.
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New World
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The Green Revolution innovations in agriculture based on a package of inputs includes what 4 things?
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1. miracle seeds 2. water 3. natural fertilizer 4. pesticides
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What is natural fertilizer made of?
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compost and animal manure
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In the context of agribusiness and the globalization of agriculture, the food chain is a way of understanding complex connections between agricultural ________ and food _________.
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producers, consumers
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A food regime is the specific set of links that exists among food production, consumption, capital investment and accululation opportunities. Since the 1960s, global agriculture has changed from a wheat and livestock food regime to a fresh ________ and ________ regime?
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fruit and vegetable
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An organism that has had its DNA modified in a laboratory rather than through cross-pollination or other forms of evolution is known as a ________?
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GMO or Genetically modified organism
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Globally, 24,000 people per day die from complications associated with undernutrition. Ultimately, the core cause of undernutrition is ________.
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poverty
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For a person, household or country to be food secure means that they have what?
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access to enough food at all times to live healthy lives
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In many metropolitan areas around the world, ________ agriculture is critical in supporting household food security.
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urban
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