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Ch 13 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Infrastructure | The many systems and facilities that a country needs in order to function properly |
Dual Agricultural Economy | An economy having two agricultural sectors that have different levels of technology and different patterns of demand |
Agribusiness | The large-scale system that includes the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and equipment |
Hybrid | The product created by breeding different varieties of species to enhance the most favorable characteristics |
Vertical Integration | The combining of a company's ownership of and control over more than one stage of the production process of goods |
Commodity Chain | A network of people, information, processes, and resources that work together to produce, handle and distribute a commodity or product |
Farm Subsidies | A form of aid and insurance given by the federal government to certain farmers and agribusinesses |
Tariffs | A tax or duty to be paid on a particular import or export |
Von Thunen Model | a model that suggests that perishability of the product and transport costs to the market each factor into the location of agricultural land use and activity |
Global Supply Chains | A network of people, information, processes and resources that work together to produce, handle and distribute goods around the world |
Cash Crop | A crop produced mainly to be sold and usually exported to larger markets |
Fair Trade | A movement that tries to provide farmers and workers in a peripheral and semi-peripheral countries with a fair price for their products by providing more equitable trading conditions |