FOOD

Question 1

What is agribusiness?

Answer 1

Agribusiness refers to treating food production from farms like a large industrial business, making it a large scale capital intensive commercial activity

Question 2

Agribusiness has meant increasing the size of farms by?

Answer 2

• Removing hedgerows
• Increasing field sizes and combining smaller family farms
• Using modern production methods
• Increased mechanisation
• Using the latest technology, better seeds, and increased use of chemicals
  such as pesticides and fertilisers

Question 3

What does it mean for the UK if we invest in agribusiness?

Answer 3

• If the UK invests in Agribusiness then this means that greater numbers and ranges of products are able to be grown in the UK extending the growing season which can reduce the need for transporting crops from other areas in the world
• You can also invest in growing crops in new ways which may mean that land is not needed to be used or food and that food can be grown in new locations closer to consumers