Deck 1: An Introduction to Policy Analysis

Question 1

The _________________ aims to break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition that prevents households from achieving upward economic mobility. Proper alignment of agri-food policies promotes a combination of investment conditions to produce a more food secure and sustainable global economy.

A) 2014 Farm Bill
B) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011
C) Global Food Security Act of 2016 (GFSA)
D) Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
E) Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) program

Answer 1

C
Explanation:The Global Food Security Act of 2016 (GFSA) aims to break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition that prevents households from achieving upward economic mobility. Proper alignment of agri-food policies promotes a combination of investment conditions to produce a more food secure and sustainable global economy.

Question 2

An example of a normative question is, "What are future trends in US agri-food policy? Whereas, a positive question is, "What should be the future of US agri-food policy?"

Answer 2

False
Explanation:An example of a postive question is, "What are future trends in US agri-food policy? Whereas, a normative question is, "What should be the future of US agri-food policy?"

Question 3

Albert O. Hirschman's 1970 publication, ____________ offered a perspective on the capacity of systems to remain sustainable by responding to three factors.

A) ""Community-Supported Agriculture""
B) ""The L'Aquila Joint Statement on Food Security""
C) ""Exit, Voice and Loyalty""
D) ""the Feed the Future initiative""
E) ""The Tragedy of the Commons""

Answer 3

C
Explanation:Albert O. Hirschman's 1970 publication, ""Exit, Voice and Loyalty"", offered a perspective on the capacity of systems to remain sustainable by responding to three factors.

Question 4

Three recommendations of the ______________ are to encourage: 1. Sustainable Productivity - Improve sustainable practices, 2. Transparency - Clear communications with consumers & firms, and 3. Collaborative Decision Making - Coordinate agri-food choices

A) CEO Council on Sustainability and Innovation
B) Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
C) Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition ("the Global Panel")
D) Office of Outreach and Advocacy (OOA)
E) Integrated Rural Development Model (IRPM)

Question 5

Organizational Change theory suggests that Developmental Change is

A) change intended to remedy a recognized shortcoming.
B) change directed to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
C) change that creates new policies where one person is better off while leaving others worse-off.
D) change that creates new policies where one person is better off, and simultanously others are better-off too.
E) change intended to build on success or make more progress.

Question 6

Disciplinary research creates new knowledge within a particular sphere of agri-food system study. Research institutions highly reward the production of this scholarly work. Challenges arise from insufficient incentives for interdisciplinay research. Many agri-system problems require an interdisciplinay approach to achieve real solutions.

Question 7

Organizational Change theory suggests that Remedial Change is

A) change that creates new policies where one person is better off, and simultanously others are better-off too.
B) change that creates new policies where one person is better off while leaving others worse-off.
C) change intended to remedy a recognized shortcoming.
D) change directed to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
E) change intended to build on success or make more progress.

Question 8

Perfect competition assumes the reallocation of mobile resources takes place as market signals change. This assumption of asset mobility is particularly true in US Agriculture. Farm assets typiclly have acquisition values that just equal salvage values.

Question 9

Organizational Change theory suggests that Planned Change is

A) change that creates new policies where one person is better off while leaving others worse-off.
B) change intended to remedy a recognized shortcoming.
C) change intended to build on success or make more progress
D) change directed to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
E) change that creates new policies where one person is better off, and simultanously others are better-off too.

Question 10

If change is guided by: 1. instituting standard benchmarks, 2. emphasizing regular and transparent communications, and 3. creating measurement and documentation systems that stimulate honest assessments, then the change is benefitting from the industrial concepts of "quality assurance" and "continuous improvement".

Question 11

Three options for structural reform of US agri-food policy are: 1.) laissez faire, 2.) ""steady as she goes"", and 3. ) ""stay the course.""

Question 12

________ are expected to be catalysts for future change in the US Agri-Food System.

A) Advances in Technology
B) Evolving US Consumer Demand and Changing Demographics
C) Climate Change, and the Logic of Collective Actio
D) International Trade & Development
E) All of the above.

Question 13

The claim that human beings are constantly faced with the necessity to "make choices," and the idea that every choice is accompanied by an opportunity cost, are emphasized in economics because
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