FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD WASTE REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Plants which were grown in the past and have been bred to adapt to a specific environment defines which of the following?
A
Heirloom Crops
B
Year-to-year crops
C
Organic crops
D
Rotation crops
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Research ers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s In stitute for Plant Sciences inserted genes from a daffodil and a bacterium into rice plants to produce “golden rice, ‘’ which has sufficient beta-carotene to meet total vitamin A requirements in developing countries with rice-based diets.

Detailed explanation-2: -The second step in the food supply chain is taking the products and store them properly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Distribution issues. Distribution issues is NOT one of the three areas of sustainability. Sustainability has three pillars – economic viability, environmental protection and social equity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The true statement about hormones is: b. Hormones interact with receptor sites at target cells. Hormones are made and secreted by endocrine glands into the bloodstream where they will travel to their target cells.

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