Green Revolution and Rural Development

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What is a sharecropper?

A farmer who practices shifting cultivation

A type of farmer who owns the land they work on

A farmer who produces staple foods for personal consumption

A tenant farmer whose crop has to be shared with the landlord (correct)

What is shifting cultivation?

A farming method that involves sharing crops with the landlord

A type of farming where the same land is cultivated repeatedly

A farming practice that prioritizes staple food production

Tilling land until it has been exhausted of fertility and then moving to a new parcel of land (correct)

What is specialized farming?

Farming that prioritizes staple food production

Farming that involves sharing crops with the landlord

The final stage of agricultural production where farm output is produced wholly for the market (correct)

Farming for personal consumption only

What is subsistence farming?

Farming for personal consumption and local markets Signup and view all the answers

What is a tenant farmer?

One who farms on land held by a landlord Signup and view all the answers

What are transaction costs?

Costs of doing business related to gathering information and establishing contracts Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the pattern of land distribution, ownership, and management in agriculture?

Agrarian system Signup and view all the answers

What type of farming involves producing a variety of crops or animals on one farm?

Diversified farming Signup and view all the answers

What is a farm plot owned and operated by a single household?

Family farm Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of diversified (mixed) farming?

Producing staple crops and cash crops and simple animal husbandry Signup and view all the answers

What type of crops is produced entirely for the market?

Cash crops Signup and view all the answers

What is the first stage in the transition from subsistence to specialized farming?

Diversified (mixed) farming Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a farm that produces staple crops and cash crops and simple animal husbandry?

Diversified (mixed) farm Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the production of both staple crops and cash crops and simple animal husbandry?

Diversified (mixed) farming Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of land reform?

To improve the distribution of agricultural incomes Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of a latifundio?

It is a large landholding that can employ more than 12 people Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a farm that employs up to 12 workers?

Medium-size farm Signup and view all the answers

What is a minifundio?

A small landholding that is considered too small to provide adequate employment for a single family Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a landlord?

To lease out land to tenants in return for compensation Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of interlocking factor markets?

Their supply functions are interdependent Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a person who lends money at high rates of interest?

Moneylender Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for technological progress that can lead to the achievement of higher output levels irrespective of the size of a firm or farm?

Scale-neutral Signup and view all the answers