Agricultural Commodity Chains - 5.7

What has led to major shifts in food production?

• Advancements in computer technology

• Advancements in farming equipment

• Advancements in space exploration

• Advancements in medical research

What is a commodity chain in agriculture?

• A process used by companies to gather resources and transform them into a good

• A process used by companies to gather resources and transform them into a currency

• A process used by companies to gather resources and transform them into a service

• A process used by companies to gather resources and transform them into a technology

What is economies of scale in agriculture?

• When a company can reduce its average cost of production due to increased production

• When a company increases its average cost of production due to decreased production

• When a company has no impact on its average cost of production based on production levels

• When a company maintains its average cost of production regardless of production levels

What has led to the decrease in Family Farms?

• Industrialization of Healthcare

• Industrialization of Education

• Industrialization of Technology

• Industrialization of Agriculture

What has allowed industrial Farms to achieve economies of scale?

• Access to Advanced Clothing

• Access to Advanced Vehicles

• Access to Advanced Software

• Access to Advanced Machinery

What has industrial farming continued to move towards?

• Automation and mass production

• Manual labor and small-scale production

• Traditional farming methods and limited production

• Handcrafted goods and artisanal production

What has enabled continuing output growth in agricultural production?

• Innovations in medical research and healthcare

• Innovations in animal and crop genetics, chemicals, equipment, and farm organization

• Innovations in computer technology and software development

• Innovations in space exploration and technology

What has led to some recent debates on how society should produce food?

• Consolidation of businesses, concerns over employee rights and consumer rights, and more regulations being used

• Consolidation of hospitals, concerns over patient rights and healthcare worker rights, and more medications being used

• Consolidation of schools, concerns over student rights and teacher rights, and more technology being used

• Consolidation of farms, concerns over animal rights and worker rights, and more chemicals and antibiotics being used

What has led to the increase in total Farm output between 1948 and 2019?

• Innovations in space exploration and technology

• Innovations in computer technology and software development

• Innovations in animal and crop genetics, chemicals, equipment, and farm organization

• Innovations in medical research and healthcare

What has been the impact of technology on food production?

• Producing more food than ever before and not seeing any changes in farm organization or agricultural production

• Producing the same amount of food as before but also seeing the consolidation of farms, concerns over animal rights and worker rights, and more chemicals and antibiotics being used

• Producing less food than ever before and not seeing any changes in farm organization or agricultural production

• Producing more food than ever before but also seeing the consolidation of farms, concerns over animal rights and worker rights, and more chemicals and antibiotics being used