Why Is It Beneficial to Grow Two or Three Crops

question 9

Multiple Choice

Why is it beneficial to grow two or three crops simultaneously in the same field?

• A)improved soil fertility
• B)a greater diversity of agricultural products is afforded
• C)Infestations of a particular crop can be more easily contained.
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, a homogeneous product, free entry and exit, and perfect information.

Inelastic Demand

Demand that responds somewhat, but not a great deal, to changes in price. Inelastic demand always has a numerical value between zero and 1.

Zero Profits

A situation where a firm’s total revenues are exactly equal to its total costs, leading to no net profit or loss.

MC = ATC

This is the point where Marginal Cost equals Average Total Cost, typically illustrating the most efficient scale of production in the short run.