Chapter 13 Vocabulary (Patterns and Practices of Ag Production)

The product created by breeding different varieties of species to enhance the most favorable characteristics.

• Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

• Pesticides

• Herbicides

• Hybrid

Two agricultural sectors in the same country or region that have different levels of technology and different patterns of demand.

• Dual Agricultural Economy

• Agribusiness

• Monoculture

• Infrastructure

The large-scale system that includes the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and equipment.

• Dual Agricultural Economy

• Agribusiness

• Monoculture

• Infrastructure

Answer explanation

The combining of a company's ownership of and control over more than one stage of the production process of goods.

• Vertical integration

• Commodity Chain

• Farm Subsidies

• Tariff

A network of people, information, processes, and resources that work together to produce, handle, and distribute a commodity or product.

• Vertical integration

• Commodity Chain

• Farm Subsidies

• Tariff

A form of aid and insurance given by the federal government to certain farmers and agribusinesses.

• Vertical integration

• Commodity Chain

• Farm Subsidies

• Tariff

A tax or duty to be paid on a particular import or export.

• Vertical integration

• Commodity Chain

• Farm Subsidies

• Tariff

A model that suggests that perishability of the product and transport costs to the market each factor into the location of agricultural land use and activity.

• Von Thunen Model

• Time-Space Compression

• Bid-Rent Theory

• World Systems Theory

A network of people, information, processes, and resources that work together to produce, handle, and distribute goods around the world.

• Global supply chains

• Cash crop

• Fair Trade

• Commodity Chain

An area where residents lack access to healthy, nutritious foods because stores selling these foods are too far away

• Food insecurity

• Cash crop

• Fair Trade

• Food desert