Rosa’s family grows specific varieties of maize because they prefer them for the tortillas they make, a recipe that has been passed through the family over generations. This would be an example of:       Familial food legacy     Food ethnography     Agricultural tradition     Biocultural heritage A farmer has recently signed a contract with a supermarket to sell large amounts of a hybrid variety - Beefsteak tomatoes - with high commercial value. From where did the farmer most likely source the seeds for this crop?       The seeds were accessed through a gene bank     The seeds were self-saved     The seeds came from a fellow farmer who saves seeds     The seeds were purchased from a company through the formal seed system In a rural village in northern India, drought and melting glaciers are putting strain on the rice production residents rely upon for their diets. Diya observes these changes and has been maintaining dozens of rice varieties to ensure that genetic material exists for the future possibility of plant breeders developing drought-resistant varieties in the future. In maintaining this crop diversity, what kind of benefit is Diya primarily promoting?       Field-level benefit     Societal benefit     Household benefit     Private benefit

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  1. Rosa’s family grows specific varieties of maize because they prefer them for the tortillas they make, a recipe that has been passed through the family over generations. This would be an example of:

     

       

    Familial food legacy

       

    Food ethnography

       

    Agricultural tradition

       

    Biocultural heritage

    1. A farmer has recently signed a contract with a supermarket to sell large amounts of a hybrid variety - Beefsteak tomatoes - with high commercial value. From where did the farmer most likely source the seeds for this crop?

       

         

      The seeds were accessed through a gene bank

         

      The seeds were self-saved

         

      The seeds came from a fellow farmer who saves seeds

         

      The seeds were purchased from a company through the formal seed system

      In a rural village in northern India, drought and melting glaciers are putting strain on the rice production residents rely upon for their diets. Diya observes these changes and has been maintaining dozens of rice varieties to ensure that genetic material exists for the future possibility of plant breeders developing drought-resistant varieties in the future. In maintaining this crop diversity, what kind of benefit is Diya primarily promoting?

       

         

      Field-level benefit

         

      Societal benefit

         

      Household benefit

         

      Private benefit

       

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