You have been assigned to write an essay about banana farming. Which choice would best function as an introductory sentence?ResponsesA Bananas are a favorite fruit of many.Bananas are a favorite fruit of many.B Banana farmers can make a lot of money.Banana farmers can make a lot of money.C Banana farming is a complicated process.Banana farming is a complicated process.D Not everyone who eats bananas knows where they come from.

How can planting benefit the Philippines as an agricultural nation? Write your answer at least 3-5 sentences.

Which sentence from “Hydroponics” supports the central idea of the text? A. Therefore, these farms take up less space than what is needed for open-field agriculture. (paragraph 2) B. In open-field farming, water is lost through evaporation and poor irrigation. (paragraph 3) C. Other problems faced by traditional farmers are those of bugs and weeds. (paragraph 5) D. Some people claim that the best-tasting food comes from the soil. (

Which sentence is the BEST conclusion for an essay that begins with this introductory sentence?In some countries, the start of a new year is marked by the harvest of the yams.ResponsesA The yam is important to the culture of many people.The yam is important to the culture of many people.B People celebrate the start of a new year in many different ways.People celebrate the start of a new year in many different ways.C Some people celebrate the new year with an all-night celebration.Some people celebrate the new year with an all-night celebration.D The yam harvest is an important part of thanksgiving and hope for the new year.

Which of the following forms of agriculture would best be described as extensive farming?ResponsesCitrus production and vineyards to produce table grapesCitrus production and vineyards to produce table grapesDairy and poultry farmingDairy and poultry farmingTruck farming and hothouses to produce vegetablesTruck farming and hothouses to produce vegetablesCattle ranching and wheat farmingCattle ranching and wheat farmingFloral horticulture and tree nurseries

Please select 2 (two) of the questions below and address them in well thought-out, fact based, argumentative essays. Please be specific, avoid generalities, and stay on topic. Try to organize your essays around a central point you are making, or a position you are taking, on the issues detailed in the questions. which 2 questions would you pick? 1.In the course of the pre-modern period, from pre-history to the early 1800s, the farming systems of agriculture and animal husbandry went through several fundamental changes (“agricultural revolutions”). Each of these featured several factors/aspects that, while common for all agro revolutions, worked in a specific way on each occasion. Identify 3 (three) of these factors which, according to you, have been prominent in the sequence of revolutions, and discuss in detail their characteristics, agency, contribution to the majors shifts in farming, etc. 2.Discuss the role of technology in the evolution of pre-modern farming as a factor affecting any aspect of farming & animal husbandry within the contexts of their human and natural environments. Use examples from at least three different agroecosystems. 3. Compare and contrast two agroecosystems of radically different arrangements. Conceptually speaking, what lessons concerning farming/animal husbandry in general can you derive from the comparison? Can such lessons be derived at all, or is everything in farming agroecosystem-specific? 4. Analyze as many different aspects of the integration of animals and arable as you can think of in two specific agroecosystems. What conclusions can you make about the role of the integration for the overall functioning and performing of the agroecosystems in question? 5. Discuss and explain the role of individualism versus communitarianism in the functioning of two agroecosystems of the pre-modern period. How were they related, why where they related in the specific manner you observe, and what was the impact of that relation on the agroecosystems? 6. Identify and discuss as many aspects as possible of what you would consider the most dynamic, on the one hand, and the most conservative aspect, one the other, of pre-modern agriculture. Make a conclusion about what, in general, pushed farming forward and what held it back. 7. While many of the pre-modern foraging and agroecosystems appear quite sustainable, each of them had built-in features that undermined their sustainability. Analyze two such systems and discuss what made them sustainable, and what worked against their sustainability. 8. To what extent were pre-modern agroecosystems products of their societal environments (in the broad sense) and to what extent were they primary agent in changing these environments? Take a position on this debate by discussing at least three specific cases and derive a conclusion.