Agriculture

What does the English word agriculture derive from?

• Cultivate and soil

• Field and cultivate

• Field and land

• Land and tillage

What is the definition of agriculture according to the Oxford English Dictionary?

• The science and art of cultivating the land and growing crops

• The science and art of cultivating the soil and rearing of livestock

• The practice of farming and animal husbandry

• The process of cultivating the fields and pastures

What is the main crop in Saint Lucia that accounts for a significant portion of agricultural exports?

• Rice

• Sugar cane

• Coconuts

• Banana

What are the major natural resources of Saint Lucia?

• Banana and coconuts

• Rice and sugar cane

• Bananas and coconuts

• Coffee and sugar cane

What is the term used for the practice of stealing farm produce?

• Praedial larceny

• Agricultural robbery

• Farm theft

• Produce burglary

What is the term for a large-scale farming enterprise?

• Nomadic farming

• Agribusiness

• Peasant farming

• Subsistence farming

What is the term for farming that focuses on rearing of animals?

• Commercial farming

• Pastoral farming

• Mixed farming

• Arable farming

What is the term for farming that grows crops for export and sale for local distribution to merchants?

• Intensive farming

• Nomadic farming

• Commercial farming

• Subsistence farming

What is the term for farming that produces food only to feed themselves and their families?

• Intensive farming

• Arable farming

• Commercial farming

• Subsistence farming

What is the term for farming that grows crops and rears animals to sell in order to make a profit?

• Mixed farming

• Commercial farming

• Subsistence farming

• Intensive farming