Question 1

Mancur Olson's logic of collective action predicts that groups whose members share common interests almost always act in unison to consistently achieve their collective purposes.

Accepted Answer

Mancur Olson's logic of collective action predicts that groups whose members share common interests do not always act in unison to consistently achieve their collective purposes.

Question 2

__________ policy refers to the condition where agricultural producers who qualify for and collect commodity program payments and related benefits are required to comply with certain conservation requirements as an eligibility condition for the receipt of farm-bill benefits.

Accepted Answer

Cross-compliance policy refers to the condition where agricultural producers who qualify for and collect commodity program payments and related benefits are required to comply with certain conservation requirements as an eligibility condition for the receipt of farm-bill benefits.

Question 3

Free trade and coupled farm subsidies are economic policies that work at cross-purposes (are contradictory)

Accepted Answer

Free trade and coupled farm subsidies are economic policies that work at cross-purposes (are contradictory)

Question 4

Dr. Will Masters urges reform of US agricultural policy to change or eliminate the farm subsidy system, such that the average consumer household will receive new price signals about what actually constitutes a healthy diet.

Accepted Answer

Dr. Neal Barnard urges reform of US agricultural policy to change or eliminate the farm subsidy system, such that the average consumer household will receive new price signals about what actually constitutes a healthy diet.

Question 5

When conservation subsidies supplement producer incomes, increase farm wealth, they create financial capacity to convert natural habitat to farm enterprises. This unanticipated effect of conservation subsidies of increasing agricultural use at the expense of less natural habitat is called _______________.

Accepted Answer

When conservation subsidies supplement producer incomes, increase farm wealth, they create financial capacity to convert natural habitat to farm enterprises. This unanticipated effect of conservation subsidies of increasing agricultural use at the expense of less natural habitat is called slippage.

Question 6

The ___________________ promotes a broad-based and systematic effort that can meet these four challenges: Meeting Future Demand for Food; Conserving and Enhancing Water, Soil, and Habitat; Improving Nutrition and Public Health; and Strengthening Farms, Workers, and Communities.

Accepted Answer

The AGree Initiative promotes a broad-based and systematic effort that can meet these four challenges: Meeting Future Demand for Food; Conserving and Enhancing Water, Soil, and Habitat; Improving Nutrition and Public Health; and Strengthening Farms, Workers, and Communities.

Question 7

The _________ proposes an organized approach among "four domains" of food systems to achieve desired nutritional outcomes: Agricultural Production, Markets and Trade Systems, Consumer Purchasing Power, and Food Transformation and Consumer Demand.

Accepted Answer

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition ("the Global Panel")proposes an organized approach among "four domains" of food systems to achieve desired nutritional outcomes: Agricultural Production, Markets and Trade Systems, Consumer Purchasing Power, and Food Transformation and Consumer Demand.

Question 8

The ____________ is dedicated to generating new knowledge and policy solutions through integrated research on improving agri-food systems, mitigating hunger, enhancing the environment, and encouraging interdisciplinary inquiry.

Accepted Answer

The Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE) at Stanford University is dedicated to generating new knowledge and policy solutions through integrated research on improving agri-food systems, mitigating hunger, enhancing the environment, and encouraging interdisciplinary inquiry.

Question 9

As defined by Mancur Olson, free riders are typically smaller in size and can readily assess that lobbying efforts return handsome rents (above-normal returns) for themselves.

Accepted Answer

As defined by Mancur Olson, privileged groupsare typically smaller in size and can readily assess that lobbying efforts return handsome rents (above-normal returns) for themselves.

Question 10

As defined by Mancur Olson, latent groups are often comprised of consumers and taxpayers who find it costly and difficult to organize themselves to jointly lobby for their common interests.

Accepted Answer

As defined by Mancur Olson, latent groups are often comprised of consumers and taxpayers who find it costly and difficult to organize themselves to jointly lobby for their common interests.

Question 11

The 2014 Farm Bill applied cross-compliance conservation requirements to producer participants in the _____________ program.

Accepted Answer

The 2014 Farm Bill applied cross-compliance conservation requirements to producer participants in the subsidized Federal Crop Insurance program.

Quiz 13: When Policies Work at Cross-Purposes: Addressing Challenges and Pursuing Opportunities

Mancur Olson's logic of collective action predicts that groups whose members share common interests almost always act in unison to consistently achieve their collective purposes.

__________ policy refers to the condition where agricultural producers who qualify for and collect commodity program payments and related benefits are required to comply with certain conservation requirements as an eligibility condition for the receipt of farm-bill benefits.

Free trade and coupled farm subsidies are economic policies that work at cross-purposes (are contradictory)

Dr. Will Masters urges reform of US agricultural policy to change or eliminate the farm subsidy system, such that the average consumer household will receive new price signals about what actually constitutes a healthy diet.

The ___________________ promotes a broad-based and systematic effort that can meet these four challenges: Meeting Future Demand for Food; Conserving and Enhancing Water, Soil, and Habitat; Improving Nutrition and Public Health; and Strengthening Farms, Workers, and Communities.

The _________ proposes an organized approach among "four domains" of food systems to achieve desired nutritional outcomes: Agricultural Production, Markets and Trade Systems, Consumer Purchasing Power, and Food Transformation and Consumer Demand.

The ____________ is dedicated to generating new knowledge and policy solutions through integrated research on improving agri-food systems, mitigating hunger, enhancing the environment, and encouraging interdisciplinary inquiry.

As defined by Mancur Olson, free riders are typically smaller in size and can readily assess that lobbying efforts return handsome rents (above-normal returns) for themselves.

As defined by Mancur Olson, latent groups are often comprised of consumers and taxpayers who find it costly and difficult to organize themselves to jointly lobby for their common interests.

The 2014 Farm Bill applied cross-compliance conservation requirements to producer participants in the _____________ program.