Self-Administered Test on FOOD
True or False
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." — Virginia Woolf
Dr Abe V Rotor
1.The impending food shortage is global, affecting not only rice eating nations but other nations as well that are depending on other cereals like wheat. T
2. Global Warming is a culprit to food shortage because of the man-induced erratic behavior of our climate, worsened by increasing frequency and intensity of force majeure. T
3. Aquaculture is man’s ultimate frontier of production, because the conventional production areas have already reached their limit. T
4. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers have improved productivity of farmlands as well as enhanced sustainable production. F
5. Lowland ricefields during the monsoon season make a contiguous lake that is a an abode to many edible species of freshwater fish, crustaceans, mollusk and amphibians. T
6. Palay-isdahan means converting spent fishponds to rice production since rice is an aquatic plant. F
7. Rice can be grown commercially in the highlands, saline areas, hillsides, uplands, acidic and alkaline soils. F
8. Decrease in food production is also a result of increasing price of fuel, so that when price of food goes up, increase in fuel cost follows. T
9. Tragedy of the Commons means that common people recklessly compete among themselves for survival and pursuit of modern living, on limited resources, instead of pursing collective and mutual objective. T
10. The sea is limitless in resources considering that more than 70% of the earth’s surface is water. F
11. For this matter (referring to the previous statement), the world’s population can safely increase further without fear of shortage in food and other needs. It is only a matter of improved technology and effective policies and program to avert this consequence. F
12. To prevent crust (tutung), shut off the stove for a minute after it has reached boiling point – then turn on the heat until the rice is well cooked. T
13. Vitamins and minerals are concentrated in the vegetable, not in its rind or skin. Thus you have to peel kalabasa, pipino, talong, patola and the like. F
14. Food management at home was a subject required in the elementary a generation ago which was then called Home Economics. T
15. Converting mangrove swamps into fishponds is a solution to food crisis because fishponds produce more food that what the mangrove swamps contribute to the natural supply of food. F
16. The sea is nearly 4 km deep, and up to 12 km at its deepest – which means that fishing has barely scratched the surface of the sea, thus there is no felt danger of depletion of resources. F
17. Seaweed farming is popular in these places in the Philippines: Danahon Reef (between Cebu and Bohol), and Zamboanga and Tawi-tawi. T
2. Global Warming is a culprit to food shortage because of the man-induced erratic behavior of our climate, worsened by increasing frequency and intensity of force majeure. T
3. Aquaculture is man’s ultimate frontier of production, because the conventional production areas have already reached their limit. T
4. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers have improved productivity of farmlands as well as enhanced sustainable production. F
5. Lowland ricefields during the monsoon season make a contiguous lake that is a an abode to many edible species of freshwater fish, crustaceans, mollusk and amphibians. T
6. Palay-isdahan means converting spent fishponds to rice production since rice is an aquatic plant. F
7. Rice can be grown commercially in the highlands, saline areas, hillsides, uplands, acidic and alkaline soils. F
8. Decrease in food production is also a result of increasing price of fuel, so that when price of food goes up, increase in fuel cost follows. T
9. Tragedy of the Commons means that common people recklessly compete among themselves for survival and pursuit of modern living, on limited resources, instead of pursing collective and mutual objective. T
10. The sea is limitless in resources considering that more than 70% of the earth’s surface is water. F
11. For this matter (referring to the previous statement), the world’s population can safely increase further without fear of shortage in food and other needs. It is only a matter of improved technology and effective policies and program to avert this consequence. F
12. To prevent crust (tutung), shut off the stove for a minute after it has reached boiling point – then turn on the heat until the rice is well cooked. T
13. Vitamins and minerals are concentrated in the vegetable, not in its rind or skin. Thus you have to peel kalabasa, pipino, talong, patola and the like. F
14. Food management at home was a subject required in the elementary a generation ago which was then called Home Economics. T
15. Converting mangrove swamps into fishponds is a solution to food crisis because fishponds produce more food that what the mangrove swamps contribute to the natural supply of food. F
16. The sea is nearly 4 km deep, and up to 12 km at its deepest – which means that fishing has barely scratched the surface of the sea, thus there is no felt danger of depletion of resources. F
17. Seaweed farming is popular in these places in the Philippines: Danahon Reef (between Cebu and Bohol), and Zamboanga and Tawi-tawi. T
"Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity." - Louise Fresco
18. Our country exports millions of dollars worth of Caulerpa which is the source of carageenan used as food conditioning like in ice cream. F
19. The most popular seaweed sold in Metro Manila is Nori used in making Japanese Maki. This is commercially grown in the Philippines. F
20. You save on food if you have no pets. This is a policy of China to limit pets in order to save on food. T
21. GM rice* or golden rice contains yellow pigment of daffodils which is rich in Vitamin A. Vitamin A is needed by the body but an overdose of it may be deleterious to health such as allergy. T
19. The most popular seaweed sold in Metro Manila is Nori used in making Japanese Maki. This is commercially grown in the Philippines. F
20. You save on food if you have no pets. This is a policy of China to limit pets in order to save on food. T
21. GM rice* or golden rice contains yellow pigment of daffodils which is rich in Vitamin A. Vitamin A is needed by the body but an overdose of it may be deleterious to health such as allergy. T
22. World Bank (WB-IMF) warns of social unrest where food shortage cannot be contained on time by solutions acceptable by the masses. T
23. Revolutions start with hungry stomach as history can attest. French Revolution, Russian, Chinese, to mention some. These support Marxist philosophy of justifying socialism over aristocracy and capitalism. T
24. What economists insist as the road to good life is economic development, and any country that remains underdeveloped will never have a taste of it. F
25. There is limit to growth; it cannot be a perfect progression. This is shown in a graph with an S curve. T
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Author's Note: ASSIGNMENT Do some research and state the underlying reason/s behind each item, whether it is true or false. Share your work in school and community.
*GMRice is the first case of “biopharming” – implanting food supplement, drug or medicine in food plants to act as food and medicine at the same time. This is a controversial issue. Can you do some research on this, too?
Acknowledgement with gratitude: Internet images and quotes
Past lesson on former Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid DZRB 738 KHz AM 8 to 9 evening, Mon to Friday
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