INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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Question
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A small, organic farm grows corn, soybeans and squash together in rows.
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A large farm grows a couple of profitable crops.
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A small farm raising pigs and cows.
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A group of nomadic shepherds tends flocks of goats and sheep in Eastern Africa.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Correct answer: A group of nomadic shepherds tends flocks of goats and sheep in Eastern Africa. Explanation: Pastoralism refers to a strategy involving herding and tending to flocks of animals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pastoralism, or animal husbandry, is that part of agriculture that deals with animal livestock such as goats, chickens, yaks, camels, sheep, and bovine, etc. Not only are they great sources of proteinaceous meat, but also many provide milk, eggs, leather, and fiber too.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pastoral nomads are characterized by domesticated livestock; transhumance; encampments; and extensive farming. Pastoral nomadism allows communities to feed themselves in areas that do not support other forms of agriculture. Pastoralism enables these communities to be self-sufficient.
Detailed explanation-4: -pastoral nomadism, one of the three general types of nomadism, a way of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically. Pastoral nomads, who depend on domesticated livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasturage for their animals.