Assessment

Multiple choice questions: 3

1.  Which of the following innovations in agriculture production techniques can be used to mitigate drought conditions?

A.   Drip irrigation
B.   Water harvesting
C.   Drought resistant hybrid seeds
D.   All of the above

2.   Which of the following innovations in food production techniques can be used to mitigate saltwater intrusions?

A.   Using hybrid seeds that produce salt-tolerant crops
B.   Building levees along the coastline
C.   None of the above
D.   Both A. and B.

3.   Which of the following innovations in food production methods can be used to mitigate soil erosion?

A.   Using crop residue for soil surface cover
B.   Using genetically modified seeds
C.   Zero tillage farming
D.   A. and B.
E.   A. and C.

4.   Which of the following innovations can be used by young, small-scale, subsistence food producers?

A.   Integrated pest management
B.   Crop residue for soil cover
C.   Hybrid seeds
D.   Information and communication technology
E.   All of the above

5.   Which of the following agro-processing practices can be used by small-scale food producers?

A.   Drying
B.   Fermenting
C.   Ultrasound technology
D.   Preserving
E.   All of the above
F.   A., B. and D.