Which of the following is not a consequence of growing agricultural commercialization ?

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 in the quantity of food demanded per capita

D. population growth

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 governance

B. 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/ADM

D. Procter & Gamble

Which of the following statement about rural and agricultural development is true ?

A. Rural development is the same as agricultural development

B. The agrarian community requires a full range of services such as schools merchants banks and so on

C. Household nonfarm income is uncorrelated to farm productivity and uncorrelated to farm productivity and household incomes in Kenya

D. China’s rural population receives little income from nonfarm income