Quiz 9 – Genetically Modified Crops

A  Supported Resolution 970 because it prevented the free exchange of seeds among farmers

B  Is supportive of policies requiring farmers to certify their seeds

C  Is very supportive of Resolution 3168 as a replacement for Resolution 970

D  Views farmers’ rights as part of a larger struggle against imperialism and neocolonialismYouth advocate groups such as United We Dream have been among the most vocal

A  Soy and Corn

B  Soy and Cotton

C  Maize and Corn

D  No answer text provided.

E  Cotton and Maize

A  established English as the city’s only official language

B  The connections with other organizations are centered on the importance of place and the symbolic role of maize

C  Focuses solely on indigenous rights related to corn production

D  Has connections throughout Mexico but has not yet spread to other countries

E  Is focused on protecting yellow corn which is used primarily as animal feed

A  Was largely a reaction to the Mexican peso devaluation of the 1980s

B  Is not currently challenged by GM varieties

C  Has significant cultural meaning

D  Is no longer important for rural livelihoods

E  Is grown mostly for export to the US

A  Has been spearheaded by supporters of neoliberalism

B  Has raised attention to the impact of GMOS on human health and the environment*

C  Has been supported by medium- and large-sized agricultural companies

D  Has been the most successful in Latin America

A  Argentina was slow to adopt because it is an expensive crop to plant

B  It led to an expansion of small- and medium-sized farms

C  It improved the profit-margins for small-scale farmers throughout the country

D  It allowed Argentina to become more self-sufficient in food

E  “Operation Wetback” during the 1950s deported more than four million Mexicans

A  Corporate farming

B  The production of non-traditional agricultural exports

C  the livelihoods of small-scale farmers

D  The adaptation of technology from the Global North

A  Non-Traditional Agricultural Exports

B  A, B and C are all part of the contemporary food regime

C  The consolidation of agribusiness

D  The rise of genetic engineering

A  No answer text provided.

B  It was not relevant in the post-World War II period

C  It has linkages to colonialism

D  It first emerged as a concept during the Neoliberal period in the 1980s

E  It has little to do with small-scale farmers

A  Inserts foreign genes into plants

B  Is highly regulated by the US Department of Agriculture

C  No answer text provided.

D  Modifies gene function in a more targeted manner

E  Is very similar to conventional plant breeding