Question 1

Discuss some of the responses to the 2008 food crisis.

Accepted Answer

The 2008 crisis did provoke an upsurge i

Question 2

Participatory rural appraisal stresses the importance of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allowing everyone to participate in the decision-making process 
B)  Putting environmental concerns over economic ones 
C)  Sustainable development initiatives 
D)  Putting farmers first 
E)  Input from Northern experts on rural development projects 
A)  Allowing everyone to participate in the decision-making process 
B)  Putting environmental concerns over economic ones 
C)  Sustainable development initiatives 
D)  Putting farmers first 
E)  Input from Northern experts on rural development projects

Question 3

According to Schultz, traditional, small farmers could lead rural development with the right tools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Recognizing heterogeneity within countries has important implications for equitable rural development and change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

China and India's grain consumption was a key cause of the 2008 food crisis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What are the important issues on policy agendas instead of rural development or food security?

Accepted Answer

A)  International fair trade 
B)  Labour or trade or to increasingly urgent topics like climate 
C)  Rural-urban gaps 
D)  Rurality 
E)  None of the above 
A)  International fair trade 
B)  Labour or trade or to increasingly urgent topics like climate 
C)  Rural-urban gaps 
D)  Rurality 
E)  None of the above

Question 7

Describe the criticisms of the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA).

Accepted Answer

At its best, the livelihoods framework d

Question 8

Population growth, urbanization, education, global climatie change, and structural adjustment do not play a role in activities geared toward making a secure livelihood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe the community development approach.

Accepted Answer

It was a process, method, program, insti

Question 10

A "livelihood" partly represents the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and activities required for a means of living only if applicable to specific kinds of rurality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is an enduring material feature of "rurality"?

Accepted Answer

A)  A relative abundance of natural capital 
B)  An objective degree of poverty 
C)  A durable trend towards urban migration 
D)  A stable set of class structures 
E)  An enduring lack of plenty 
A)  A relative abundance of natural capital 
B)  An objective degree of poverty 
C)  A durable trend towards urban migration 
D)  A stable set of class structures 
E)  An enduring lack of plenty

Question 12

Why is it important to put the "rural" into perspective?

Accepted Answer

To the development planner, the twenty-f

Question 13

According to Boserup, the innate "conservatism" of many rural dwellers prevents them from adopting new technologies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why are issues about rural development or food security not important to policy agendas?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lack of international agreements 
B)  Globalization 
C)  Climate change 
D)  The abundance of fast wins 
E)  The lack of easy wins 
A)  The lack of international agreements 
B)  Globalization 
C)  Climate change 
D)  The abundance of fast wins 
E)  The lack of easy wins

Question 15

What would be the result if it could be shown that the "rural poor" were also "small farmers"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It could be demonstrated that urban growth has come at the expense of rural growth. 
B)  Growth and equity concerns could be addressed in a single strategy of rural development. 
C)  Rural livelihoods could be causally linked to diversity. 
D)  The practice of "sharecropping" could be utilized to share risk. 
E)  Poverty could be linked to the hierarchical nature of land ownership. 
A)  It could be demonstrated that urban growth has come at the expense of rural growth. 
B)  Growth and equity concerns could be addressed in a single strategy of rural development. 
C)  Rural livelihoods could be causally linked to diversity. 
D)  The practice of "sharecropping" could be utilized to share risk. 
E)  Poverty could be linked to the hierarchical nature of land ownership.

Question 16

The lack of diversity of livelihoods found in rural areas distorts the notions that differentiate the urban from the not-urban.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How does the World Bank categorize "rural worlds"?

Accepted Answer

The World Bank categorizes countries int

Question 18

According to Malthus, which of the following was the ultimate constraint against population growth in early nineteenth-century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Insufficient technology 
B)  Disease 
C)  Poverty 
D)  Insufficient agricultural production 
E)  Land 
A)  Insufficient technology 
B)  Disease 
C)  Poverty 
D)  Insufficient agricultural production 
E)  Land

Question 19

Rurality cannot be distinguished in terms of a relative isolation

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The sustainable livelihoods approach to rural poverty focuses on "putting farmers first."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 19: Rural Development

Discuss some of the responses to the 2008 food crisis.

Participatory rural appraisal stresses the importance of which of the following?

According to Schultz, traditional, small farmers could lead rural development with the right tools.

Recognizing heterogeneity within countries has important implications for equitable rural development and change.

China and India's grain consumption was a key cause of the 2008 food crisis.

What are the important issues on policy agendas instead of rural development or food security?

Describe the criticisms of the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA).

Population growth, urbanization, education, global climatie change, and structural adjustment do not play a role in activities geared toward making a secure livelihood.

Describe the community development approach.

A "livelihood" partly represents the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and activities required for a means of living only if applicable to specific kinds of rurality.

Which of the following is an enduring material feature of "rurality"?

Why is it important to put the "rural" into perspective?

According to Boserup, the innate "conservatism" of many rural dwellers prevents them from adopting new technologies.

Why are issues about rural development or food security not important to policy agendas?

What would be the result if it could be shown that the "rural poor" were also "small farmers"?

The lack of diversity of livelihoods found in rural areas distorts the notions that differentiate the urban from the not-urban.

How does the World Bank categorize "rural worlds"?

According to Malthus, which of the following was the ultimate constraint against population growth in early nineteenth-century Europe?

Rurality cannot be distinguished in terms of a relative isolation

The sustainable livelihoods approach to rural poverty focuses on "putting farmers first."

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