AGSC

Type 1

Two pronounced seasons, dry from November to April; wet during the rest of the year. The entire province in the western part of the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Negros, and Palawan.

Type 2

No dry season with a very pronounced maximum rainfall from November to January.

Type 3

No very pronounced maximum rain period

Only a short dry season lasting from one to three months.

Type 4

Rainfall is more or less evenly distributed throughout the year.

There is no dry season and no very pronounced rain. Covers Batanes Provinces, Northern Luzon, Western Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, Albay, Eastern Mindoro, Marinduque, Western Leyte, Northern Negros, and most of Central, Eastern and Southern Mindanao.

20

An average of **__ typhoons** enter the Philippines in a year.

GDP

primary indicator used to gauge the health of a country's economy.

**Agriculture**

considered the hallmark of the first stage of development while,

**Industrialization**

considered to be the most relevant indicator of a country’s progress.

Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov

Russian botanist known for having identified the center origin of crops and cultivated plants.

China

Largest independent center. Total of 136 endemic plants.

Indian Center

Main center is Assam and Burma. Has total of 117 endemic plants.

Central Asiatic Center

Includes Northwest India, Afghanistan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and western Tian Shan. Has total of 43 plants including wheats.

Near Eastern Center

Interior of Asia minor, all of transcausia, iran and the highlands of turkmenistan. HAs 83 endemic plant including 9 species of wheat.

Mediterranean Center

Includes border of mediterranean sea. Has 84 plants including olive and many cultivated vegetables and forages.

Abyssinian Center

Includes abyssinian, ethiopia, and part somali. Has 38 plants, rich in wheats and barley

South America Center

Has subcenter: Peruvian, Ecuadorean, Bolivian Center. Total of 62 plants. formerly civilized by the Incas.

Sugarcane coconut rice corn banana cassava pineapple mangoes pork eggs beef fish

PH Agriculture products

Refined coconut oil coconut water banana mango pineapple carrageenan

PH TOP agri prod

True

True or false: Food industries are much more homogeneous than non food industries.

Upstream industries

industry that are engaged in the initial processing of agricultural commodities. Example: rice and flour milling

Downstream industries

Industry that Further manufacturing operation on intermediate products. Example: Bread, biscuit and noodle.

Rice corn coconut sugarcane

Top 4 Crops

Banana coconut pineapple tobacco seaweed tuna

Top Export Crops

High quality robusta excelsa coffee

Very little export of crops

Rice

Staple and most important crop.

Human development index

a summary of measure of average achievement in the key dimension of human development.

First World

refers to capitalist, industrialized countries within the western european and united states.

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USA, Norway, UK,

Second worls

refers to the former communist-socialist industrial states.

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China, Russia, Poland

Third world

originally coined in times of the cold war to distuguish those nation that are neither aligned with the west nor east.

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Africa, Asia, Latin America

10 Million

How many are overseas filipinos in 192 countries.

Subsistence agriculture

involves food production mainly for the family or local community rather than for market.

Slash and Burn

process of cutting down trees and setting it on fire to use the ashes as additional nutrients to the soil for planting crop.

AFMA

it aims to modernize agro indusrtrialization that is technology based, market driven,and sustainable development anchored.

SUC

generate technologies for agricultural
production, conducts extension activities and
provide instruction to agriculture students.

DA

monitors and regulates the safety and quality
of fresh, primary and secondary processed
agricultural and fishery products

DOST

provides services such as technology
upgrading, packaging and labeling, product
standards development and identification,
laboratory testing, etc

DOH

takes care of the highly processed food

DILG

is responsible for helping local government
units put in place food production programs and
implement food safety procedures for local
consumers

DTI

regulates trade matters for local producers,
exporters and consumers of food.

Palliser’s principals

principal that states integration of 3 key components that create successful watershed management = people, environment & science