Exam 6: Science, Technology, and Agriculture, Leland L Glenna and Daniel Tobin

A) the benefits of technological innovations.
B) the application of new technologies can be contentious and impacts complex.
C) the innovations can increase labor costs.
D) new innovations are always willingly accepted by farmers.

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A) ensure a place for women working in the fields with their children.
B) increase global food insecurity by 12-17%.
C) reduce global food insecurity by 12-17%.
D) have no effect on global food insecurity.

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A) affect men and women in the same ways.
B) often affect men and women in different ways.
C) always empower women on farms.
D) always marginalize women on farms.

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A) may or may not benefit small farmers, depending on market access.
B) always benefit small farmers.
C) never benefit small farmers.
D) are only adopted by large farmers.

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A) New technologies always benefit all farmers.
B) New technologies tend to have both benefits and drawbacks.
C) New technologies always have more costs than benefits.
D) New technologies are capable of solving all of the problems with agriculture.

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B

A) nanotechnology.
B) the Green Revolution.
C) science of repair.
D) genetic engineering (GE) .

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A) appropriate technology.
B) the technology treadmill.
C) the science of repair.
D) technological determinism.

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C

A) towards greater public support.
B) towards greater privatization.
C) towards greater investment in non-technological solutions to agricultural problems.
D) towards greater democratization.

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A) lower yields and negative environmental impacts.
B) lower yields and reduced negative impacts on the environment.
C) increased yields and reduced negative impacts on the environment.
D) increased yields and negative environmental impacts.

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A) technologies that are to tailored to local populations and specific contexts.
B) standardized technologies.
C) technologies that are tailored to small farmers.
D) Green Revolution technologies.

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A

A) Modernization theory
B) Dependency theory
C) World Systems theory
D) Urbanization theory

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A) World systems theory
B) Modernization theory
C) Dependency theory
D) Bread basket theory

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A) small farmers moving off the land in developing nations.
B) urban resettlement plans in developing countries.
C) the shift from the use of peasants to hired workers in agriculture.
D) rural to urban migration caused by a surge in urban job opportunities.

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A) the fact that men have been shown to be more effective farmers.
B) inequality in access to land and inputs between male and female farmers.
C) variance among female farmers.
D) higher rates of food insecurity among male farmers.

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A) is increasingly funded by private companies.
B) always benefits the public good.
C) is subject to democratic governance.
D) is fully funded by the US government.

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