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Crop production Flashcards

1
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Define Crop production?

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  • It is an ART, SCIENCE, BUSINESS, of producing crops for FOOD, FEED and FIBER.
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What is the primary aim of crop production?

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The primary aim is to increase productivity/quantity and quality of the products.

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3
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Motto of Crop Production

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Maximize monetary returns but at the same time minimize if not completely eliminate the negative effects on the environment.

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Motto of Crop Production

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Maximize monetary returns but at the same time minimize if not completely eliminate the negative effects on the environment.

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5
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These are the cereals that provide 60% of the world’s food energy intake.

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Rice, maize, wheat

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6
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How many percent of the population eats white corn?

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20%

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7
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What is the 3 supply that is produced in pH?

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Rice, Corn, Mung bean

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8
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How many kcal per day is projected per Capita consumption by 2030?

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3.050

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9
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How many kcal per day is projected per Capita consumption by 2030?

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3.050

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10
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How many does the Philippines imports of soybean meal?

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pH 8.67 b

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11
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What is the imported substitute of corn grains?

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Wheat

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12
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Protein is the key building block for feed formulation systems, then what is the dominated protein source?

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Soybean oil

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13
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It is the most used high protein plant feedstuff in the Philippines.

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Soybean oil meal

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14
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It is a rice by product during the milling process.

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Rice Bran

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15
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Second most agricultural crop in the Philippines feed stuff

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Yellow corn

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16
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Other Feed stuff

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Sunflower oil meal, sesame oil meal, peanut oil meal, coconut oil meal

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17
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What oil meal is one of the op imports in the Philippines as the main ingredients of feed?

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Soybean oil meal

18
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The major source of fibers for textile and fibers in the world together with animal fiber

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Plant fiber

19
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Plant based textile and fabrics come from

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Seed hair, foliage, stem, shell

20
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Major source of textile and fabrics from plant fibers

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Cotton, ababa, jute, kenaf, coir, ramie, maguey

Local source : salago, buntal, raffia, kapok, pinya, banana

21
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Differences of primary and secondary biofuels

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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.

22
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What are the sources of ethanol?

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SUGAR CROPS- sugarcane, sugar beet, sweet sorghum
STARCHY CROPS- maize, wheat, barley, rye, potatoes, cassava
CELLULOSIC MATERIALS- switch grass, miscanthus, willow, poplar, crop stovers

23
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Source of Biodiesel

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Oil crops- rapeseed, oil palm, soybean, sunflower, peanut, Jatropha

24
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What are the top agricultural commodities that was accounted for 49.2% of the total agricultural exports?

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Coconut oil, fresh banana, pineapple and pineapple products

25
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What is the total employment in agricultural sector?

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10.66 M

56.6% - services
19.1 - industry
24.3 - agriculture

26
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What are the roles of crop production in the economy?

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IMPROVEMENT OF THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE
CONVERSION OF FARM RESOURCES IN TERMS OF YIELD AND PROFIT
CREATION OF A NUMBER OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES
FUNCTION AS GOOD SOURCE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE

27
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The top major agricultural exports are

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Coconut oil, fresh banana, pineapple and pineapple products

28
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The top 3 commodities imported in the Philippines

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Wheat and meslin, soyabean oil/copra cake and rice

29
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What are the effects of a negative agricultural trade balance?

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WEAKENS DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
DECREASE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
CURRENCY DEVALUATION

30
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TRUE OR FALSE
There is greater per Capita food consumption in Industrialized countries than developing countries.

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True

31
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TRUE OR FALSE
Cereals are the most eaten in the world.

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True

32
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TRUE OR FALSE
Livestock is not the major source of the human food chain worldwide.

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False

33
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TRUE OR FALSE
Biomass refers fuels produced directly or indirectly from organic material including plant materials and animal waste

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False

34
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TRUE OR FALSE
Biofuels are those crops residues and other biological materials that can be used as a substitute for fossil fuels in the production of energy and other products.

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False

35
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TRUE OR FALSE
Bioenergy is an energy derived from biofuel.

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True

36
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TRUE OR FALSE
Crops are not converted into industrial products

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False

37
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TRUE OR FALSE
Crops are not converted into industrial products

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False

38
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TRUE OR FALSE
Plants provide over 80% of our energy intake.

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True

39
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TRUE OR FALSE
Calories is NOT the source of energy

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FALSE

40
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TRUE OR FALSE
Proteins are raw material for tissue growth and maintenance.

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True

41
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TRUE OR FALSE
Vitamins and minerals produce coenzymes in many metabolic pathways

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true

42
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TRUE OR FALSE
Fiber helps food in transit through the digestive tract.

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True

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