Chapter 9 Online quizzes

Which of the following are the pillars of food security?

Production, access, cooking, taste

Availability, access, utilization, taste

Production, access, cooking, stability

Availability, access, utilization, stability

Which of the following statements about current global food production is true?

We do not produce enough food to feed the global population

The majority of the world's agriculture is supplied by smallholder farmers

We trade almost all the food that we produce around the world

Most farms in the world are large and produce the majority of our world's agricultural products

The majority of greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production is from transporting that food

False

True

Which of the following is the major reason for a lack of food access?

Physical access

Social access

Stability of access

Economic access

Which of the following are potential food safety changes for food security under future climate change conditions?

A potential increase in aflatoxins

A potential decrease in food borne illnesses

A potential decrease in the need to refrigerate foods

How might mobile technology aid farmers in improving food security?

They can use mobiles to monitor markets

They can use mobile payment systems

They are able to receive weather reports and technical assistance.

All of the above given options are correct

What do we have to consider when foreign investment from higher-income nations is used to develop food transport infrastructure in lower-income nations?

How they may increase food security since food can be transported from farmers to households faster.

Whether there are any other environmental side effects on, for instance, biodiversity.

How projects may influence the social relations between different communities and groups in the lower-income nations.

All of the above given options are correct

Do lower-income or higher-income nations generally, and on average, suffer more food loss and waste?

Lower-income nations do because they are often don't have access to the latest technologies, and food is lost at the production and processing level.

Higher-income nations do because they have so many resources they tend to waste food in the household.

High and low-income countries have equal amounts of food waste and loss overall in the supply chain, just in different sectors.

Which group is most vulnerable to changes in micronutrients and other essential components of food?

The aged

The working-aged

Young children

Why do clean cookstoves represent an important technology in many nations?

They reduce the amount of air pollution people are exposed to and improve their respiratory health.

They reduce the greenhouse gas emissions because they are more efficient.

They reduce the amount of deforestation needed to provide the fuel because they are more efficient.

All of the above given answers are correct

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