Agricultural enterprise

Question 1

The cultivation of the soil, planting of crops, growing of fruit trees, including the harvesting of such farm products, and other farm activities and practices performed by a farmer in conjunction with such farming operations done by persons whether natural or juridical

Answer 1

Agricultural enterprise

Question 2

two probable scenarios in establishing a crop production enterprise

Answer 2

1. Site, or the actual place where the enterprise is to be established is known and suitable crop(s) is/are identified.
2. crop enterprise is already decided and the suitable site for the enterprise is selected

Question 3

existing crops, soil microflora and -fauna, presence of pest and diseases, presence of
beneficial organisms

Answer 3

Biological

Question 4

topography, drainage, area and shape, existing facilities, climatic condition, soil condition

Answer 4

Physical

Question 5

Peace and order, manpower availability, farmers preferences, zoning or other regulations, land tenure situation, existing facilities, farms within the community

Answer 5

Socio-economic

Question 6

utilized in site selection and is the process and procedures used to establish the
suitability of a system to meet the needs

Answer 6

Suitability analysis

Question 7

Suitability

Answer 7

‘Suitability is a measure of how well the qualities of a land unit match the requirements of a particular form of land use

Question 8

a decision-making tool, which may analyze suitability of a crop to a given area

Answer 8

multi criteria evaluation scheme

Question 9

The simplest method of multi-criteria evaluation. This method linearly adds up the multiple weighted criteria into
a single criterion

Answer 9

weighted
sum model by Gass and Saaty (1955)

Question 10

Weight

Answer 10

can be defined as a value
assigned to an evaluation criterion indicative of its importance relative to other criteria under
consideration.

Question 11

FAO rating system

Answer 11

larger the weight, the more important is the criterion in the overall suitability. As
a guide, the following is used to assign scores

Question 12

most unfavorable quality determines the suitability
classification.

Answer 12

The limiting condition principle:

Question 13

classes raised or lowered, risky, the relevant factors are weighted, and account is taken of special limitations that may occur if two or more negative factors occur together

Answer 13

The subjective assessment principle:

Question 14

independent influence
on suitability means that land qualities can be assigned values and manipulated arithmetically to
provide a numerical assessment of overall suitability

Answer 14

The principle of arithmetic modelling

Question 15

none to moderate limitations with suitability rating of S1 and S2.

Answer 15

Prime Agricultural Lands.

Question 16

major limitations in
topography, soil depth, rainfall, etc. low to very low fertility and have a
suitability rating of S3

Answer 16

Marginal Agricultural Lands

Question 17

with severe limitations that cannot be readily corrected such as topography and soil depth. upland soils located in rolling to hilly mountainous areas. These areas have suitability rating of N1 and N2.

Answer 17

Lands with Severe Limitations