Ch 13 Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 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 |
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