In food demand growth equation D = Φ + a E, a is the income elasticity of demand for food E is the per capita income growth and Φ is ? A. Poverty rates B. food security index C. change…
A set of alternative commodity bundles that a person can command in a society using the totality of rights and opportunities that he possesses is known as ? A. Production possibilities B. entitlement C. income distribution D. egalitarianism
Which of the following NOT a cause of food insecurity, according to Nic Maunder, a specialist on Ethiopia ? A. War and bad governanceB. Corruption and mismanagement C. Poor roads D. Aid from developed nations
Which of the following is not among the most advanced global food chain cluster with headquarters in the US ? A. cargil/Monsanto B. ConAgra C. Novartis/ADMD. Procter & Gamble
Which of the following statement about rural and agricultural development is true ? A. Rural development is the same as agricultural developmentB. The agrarian community requires a full range of services such as schools merchants banks and so on C.…
Which of the following is not a consequence of growing agricultural commercialization ? A. An increase in the number of landless laborers B. An increase in rural povertyC. Women gain in decision making power D. Workers nutrition is reduced
Most of Latin America has been characterized by ______ large land-grand estates owned by the few and ________ small poor holdings that rarely provide adequate employment for a family ? A. multitudinous latitudinousB. latifundios, minifundios C. feudum, nocere D. grameen,…
Which of the following is a form of urban bais ? I- Government may set price floors on food and price ceilings for industrial goods II- Tax incentive and subsidies to infant industry III- Tariff and quota protection for industry…
Amartya K. Sen emphasizes that having enough to eat depends on ? A. society’s system of entitlementB. an egalitarian income distribution C. low poverty rates D. society’s high Gini concentration
Which of the following colonial policy contribute further to today’s agricultural underdevelopment in Africa ? I. Colonial governments compelled farmers to grow selected crops II. Colonialism often changed traditional land tenure systems from individual control to communal III. Colonialists failed…