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Вопрос 1
What is the difference between Gross Food Requirement and Net Food Requirement?
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Net Food Requirement = Gross Food Requirement - Losses

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Вопрос 1
What is meant by Gross Food Requirement?
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The total amount of food required by society, before losses

What set of indicators is associated with the narrative "food as a commodity"?

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Reliable supply, safety and affordability

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Вопрос 2
What is meant by multifunctional agriculture?
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A type of agriculture that includes other activities beside food production

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Вопрос 3
What is the post-harvest sector?
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The sector dealing with everything that happens after food is harvested

Вопрос 3
Approximately how much of the energy consumed by the food system goes into food production?
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2%

10%

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Вопрос 4
What does the supply of inputs to cities depend on? ----------
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Availability of cheap fossil energy, cheap transport systems, financial regulations produced by urban
centers and ecological services

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Вопрос 4
Which areas have a higher purchasing power density in Europe?
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Cities

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Вопрос 5
How much fossil energy is approximately harnessed per hour of work in agriculture, for developed
and developing countries?
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150 MJ for developed countries and 5 MJ for developing countries

Which of the following group of countries have a high bio-economic pressure?

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Italy, France and the US

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Вопрос 6
Which of the following contraints refer to the feasibility of the agricultural sector?
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Not enough money available to invest in necessary technology

Not enough fuels imported to power tractors

Not enough sunlight available for given crop

Not enough land available to grow certain crops

Not enough labour to produce the food required

Farmers not being paid enough

The food grown is not what the community wants to eat

Not enough freshwater available for the chosen crop

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Вопрос 7
What is meant by the hypercycle of the agricultural sector?
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The food needed to produce food

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Вопрос 8
What is the role of the environmental impact matrix?
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To describe environmental impacts in spatial terms

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Вопрос 9
In the USA, the food eaten per person in a whole year is produced: -------------
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Using less than 200 20 days days of work per person per year in agriculture

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Вопрос 10
What are the effects of bioeconomic pressure on agriculture?
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More machinery is used

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Вопрос 10
What are the effects of demographic pressure on agriculture?
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Less technology is used

What does bio-economic pressure entail?

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The higher the requirement of labour of other economic sectors, the higher must be the productivity
of labour in agriculture

The lower the requirement of labour of other economic sectors, the higher must be the productivity of
labour in agriculture

The higher the requirement of labour of other economic sectors, the lower must be the productivity of
labour in agriculture