GGR287H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Food Bank, George Monbiot, Agribusiness

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Subsistence agriculture characteristics: small scale production, several different kinds of crops and animals, primarily for family consumption rather than sale (people in past historically fed themselves) o o o. Grow as much food as possible costs no consideration. Insurance against crop failure: describe briefly vertical coordination (or marketing contracts) in production agriculture. What is the rationale behind production and marketing contracts: vertical coordination: synchronization of successive stages of production and marketing with respect to quantity, quality, timing of product flows. Maple or the maple arrow variety in particular is credited with expanding the range of soybean production. Before being fed to animals the enzymes (limit the body"s ability to use to beans protein) need to be destroyed through roasting or processing. Breeding high-protein, low-oil varieties (can be fed to animals without processing: list two (2) historical advantages of sugar. List two (2) long-standing or more recent goals of sugarcane breeders.