Crop production Flashcards
Define Crop production?
- It is an ART, SCIENCE, BUSINESS, of producing crops for FOOD, FEED and FIBER.
What is the primary aim of crop production?
The primary aim is to increase productivity/quantity and quality of the products.
Motto of Crop Production
Maximize monetary returns but at the same time minimize if not completely eliminate the negative effects on the environment.
Motto of Crop Production
Maximize monetary returns but at the same time minimize if not completely eliminate the negative effects on the environment.
These are the cereals that provide 60% of the world’s food energy intake.
Rice, maize, wheat
How many percent of the population eats white corn?
20%
What is the 3 supply that is produced in pH?
Rice, Corn, Mung bean
How many kcal per day is projected per Capita consumption by 2030?
3.050
How many kcal per day is projected per Capita consumption by 2030?
3.050
How many does the Philippines imports of soybean meal?
pH 8.67 b
What is the imported substitute of corn grains?
Wheat
Protein is the key building block for feed formulation systems, then what is the dominated protein source?
Soybean oil
It is the most used high protein plant feedstuff in the Philippines.
Soybean oil meal
It is a rice by product during the milling process.
Rice Bran
Second most agricultural crop in the Philippines feed stuff
Yellow corn
Other Feed stuff
Sunflower oil meal, sesame oil meal, peanut oil meal, coconut oil meal
What oil meal is one of the op imports in the Philippines as the main ingredients of feed?
Soybean oil meal
The major source of fibers for textile and fibers in the world together with animal fiber
Plant fiber
Plant based textile and fabrics come from
Seed hair, foliage, stem, shell
Major source of textile and fabrics from plant fibers
Cotton, ababa, jute, kenaf, coir, ramie, maguey
Local source : salago, buntal, raffia, kapok, pinya, banana
Differences of primary and secondary biofuels
Primary biofuels are those where organi material is used essentially in its natural form while secondary biofuels are in the form of solids, liquids, gases that can be used for a wider range of applications including transport and high temperature industrial processes.
What are the sources of ethanol?
SUGAR CROPS- sugarcane, sugar beet, sweet sorghum
STARCHY CROPS- maize, wheat, barley, rye, potatoes, cassava
CELLULOSIC MATERIALS- switch grass, miscanthus, willow, poplar, crop stovers
Source of Biodiesel
Oil crops- rapeseed, oil palm, soybean, sunflower, peanut, Jatropha
What are the top agricultural commodities that was accounted for 49.2% of the total agricultural exports?
Coconut oil, fresh banana, pineapple and pineapple products
