Author Question: After joining the Peace Corps, a volunteer's assignment is to help spread good agricultural ... (Read 69 times)

aabwk4 · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

After joining the Peace Corps, a volunteer's assignment is to help spread good agricultural practices to people living in the humid tropics. After receiving training, the volunteer most likely tells the local farmers to

A) use oxen or mules to deep plow and turn the soil to bring deep nutrients to the surface.
B) dig deeper wells to bring up water reserves that will triple the productivity of their fields.
C) start a water catchment, apply manure, mulch to their fields, and avoid tilling the soil if possible.
D) shift to crops like rice, which are more resistant to the natural pests and parasites.

Question 2

Discharge permits and the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act

A) do not allow any wastes to be dumped into natural waterways.
B) limit the type but not the amount of wastes dumped into natural waterways.
C) limit the amount but not the type of wastes dumped into natural waterways.
D) limit the type and the amount of wastes dumped into natural waterways.