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.Management Sciences
Category: Rural Poverty and Agricultural Transformation
Which of the following is a form of urban bais ?
I- Government may set price floors on food and price ceilings for industrial goods
II- Tax incentive and subsidies to infant industry
III- Tariff and quota protection for industry
IV- Spending more for education training housing, health and transport in urban areas than in rural areas.
A. I, II , III only
B. I, II and IV only
C. II, III and IV only
D. I, II, III and IV
Most of Latin America has been characterized by ______ large land-grand estates owned by the few and ________ small poor holdings that rarely provide adequate employment for a family ?
A. multitudinous latitudinous
B. latifundios, minifundios
C. feudum, nocere
D. grameen, repetto
Which of the following is not true about most farmers in LDCs ?
A. The staple crop is the chief sources of food
B. labor is underutilized except for planting and harvesting seasons
C. On the traditional farm, output is always greater than consumption
D. cultivators farm only as much land as their
Which scholar argues the following Plantations have no significant advantage over peasants [for] crops for which centralized processing and marketing are not necessary Cocoa and coconuts are typical examples of a lack of large scale economies Peasants can grow and process these crops in small lots with no large capital requirement beyond small indigenous tools and facilities ?
A. Yujiro Hayami
B. Raanan Weitz
C. Hans Singer
D. Tim Dyson
Which of the following is not true about the specialized farm ?
A. Such a farm is the most advanced
B. Such a farm usually emphasizes
C. Such a farm is labor intensive
D. Such a farm uses advanced technology and takes advantage of economies of scale.
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