YEAR 9 FIRST TERM PACKAGING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE

The act of packing,

enclosing, wrapping, or putting farm produce in

suitable or appropriate containers in readiness

for transportation, marketing, or storage is CALLED

The following are examples of packaging materials EXCEPT

• Cages

• Market

• Trays

• Packaging Cans

Packaging informs consumers of all the properties of the _______

• employees

• product

• producer

• market

Packaging prevents products from

• lasting longer

• going bad/deteriorating

• looking fresh

Packaging also helps ______ the life-span of the product

• process

• transport

• extend

• distribute

The transformation of raw materials (farm produce) into various products is TERMED _____

• Pasteurization

• Fermentation

• Storage

• Processing

Packaging can play an important major role in reducing the security risk of

• farming

• pricing

• packaging

• shipment

Packaging materials and label ______ vital information to the buyers.

• skips

• omit

• convey

• hoard

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for selecting packaging materials for agricultural products?

• distance of distribution

• nature of produce (liquid/solid)

• state of the produce (alive/dead)

• taste of the product

Good packaging material must _____

• not be environment-friendly and legally compliant

• never be an effective marketing tool

• also provide the convenience of use to consumers

• be harmful and lethal to end users