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Medicine and Trade Quiz In South Africa

Choose the correct answer.

1.More than _______ plant species are actively traded throughout South Africa for indigenous medicinal use.

a) 100

b) 400

c) 700

2. The demand for medicines and services is ________ relative to the demand for western health care services.

a) considerable

b) considered

c) considerate

3. Households are spending between________ of their annual incomes on indigenous medicine and services.

a) 4% and 6%

b) 14% and 16%

c) 24% and 26%

4. In KwaZulu-Natal more than 4000 tonnes of plant material is traded _______ at a value of R60 million (a third of the value of the annual maize harvest for the province).

a) weekly

b) monthly

c) annually

5. The demand for medicinal plants is likely ______ high in the future.

a) remain

b) to remain

c) remaining

6. ________ consumers anticipate that their consumption of indigenous medicine will either remain at current levels or increase.

a) Rural

b) Urban

c) Regional

7. The mixing and prescription of plant products is sophisticated, _________ the processing and development of products is extremely limited.

a) but

b) or

c) so

8. The plant products are marketed to consumers as _________ or healers' prescription.

a) self-control

b) self-knowledge

c) self-medication

9. These products are traded in residential areas dominated by _________ , or at transport nodes in urban areas.

a) white consumers

b) black consumers

c) yellow consumers

10. The lack of storage facilities and trading infrastructure frequently results ______ spoiling of the raw materials.

a) in

b) on

c) from

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