Unit 5: Spatial Organizations of Agriculture

Question 1

What is a commodity chain?

Answer 1

all of the different activities and processes that go into producing a product

Question 2

What is economies of scale?

Answer 2

as a company grows it is able to reduce the average cost to produce its product

Question 3

What has enabled the continuing output growth without adding too much inputs?

Answer 3

-innovations in animal and crop genetics
-chemicals
-equipment
-farm organization