HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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A company that finds buyers for fair trade coffee and facilitates the purchase from Guatemalan coffee farmers for a percent commission
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A factory that buys fruit from local growers and manufactures juice, canned goods, and vitamin supplements
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An economist who informs subsistence farmers in underdeveloped countries of market patterns and which crops will be most profitable at a given time
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A private biotech research company that is genetically engineering a variety of oranges that can be grown in temperate climates
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fishing, mining, forestry, and agriculture are some of the examples of primary activities. However, education is not a primary sector activity because it does not involve the extraction of any raw material.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary activities include hunting and gathering, pastoral activities, fishing, forestry, agriculture, and mining and quarrying. People involved in primary activities are called red-collar workers due to the outdoor nature of their work. Gathering and hunting are the oldest economic activities known.
Detailed explanation-3: -Agribusiness is a combination of the words “agriculture” and “business” and refers to any business related to farming and farming-related commercial activities. Agribusiness involves all the steps required to send an agricultural good to market, namely production, processing, and distribution.