UNIT 4 4 AGRITOURISM

A. READING AND VOCABULARY

TASK 1 . WHAT IS AGRITOURISM?

Simply stated, agritourism could be thought of as the crossroads

between tourism and agriculture. More technically, the term can be defined
as any business conducted by a farmer or producer that links agricultural
production and/or processing with tourism in order to attract visitors onto a
farm, ranch or other agricultural business. Agrotourism purposes to
entertain and/or educate the visitors and generate income for the farm,
ranch or business owner.
In order to be considered an agritourism operation in the State of
Arkansas, an operation should contain two (2) of the following three (3)
characteristics:
• Take place on/in a working agricultural related setting;
• Be clearly incidental to the dominant agricultural use of the site; or
• Promote and enhance the public’s understanding and awareness of
Arkansas agriculture.
And four(4) of the following eight(8) characteristics:
• Provide the visitor an interactive activity;
• Provide the visitor something to view or observe;
• Serve to preserve the rural characteristics of the vicinity;
• Involve contact between the producer/agricultural products and the
visitor;
• Involve economic activity between the agricultural producer and
the visitor;
• Related to natural resources on the farm;
• Focus on the awareness of the rural or agrarian culture of the
vicinity; or
• Focus on the rural or agricultural history of the vicinity.

A. Read the text to answer the questions given.

1. What is agritourism?
2. Mention two basic aspects in agritourism!
3. List the benefits of agritourism for people!
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4. What are the requirements to conduct agritourism in the State of

Arkansas ?
5. How many characteristics of agritourism do you know? Explain or
give examples!

B. Translate the following text into Bahasa Indonesia.

AGRITOURISM IN ARKANSAS

The tourism and agriculture industries are vital components of

Arkansas’ economy. According to the Arkansas Department of Parks and
Tourism, more than 20 million travelers to Arkansas spend in excess of $4
billion annually. In 2005, tourists’ expenditures exceeded $4.6 billion,
representing “the best year of growth” for Arkansas tourism since 1980.
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture reports that
agriculture is Arkansas’ single largest industry, accounting for
approximately 20% of the Gross State Product. Approximately 48,000
farms combine to generate more than $6.6 billion in annual farm income.
Arkansas farms produce more than two dozen commodities. For
example, Arkansas ranks first in rice production, second in the production
of broilers and catfish, twelfth in timber and grape production, and
thirteenth in the production of peaches and pecans. Nearly one-half of land
in the state is devoted to some form of agricultural production.
Arkansas currently possesses the two independent components of
agritourism: (1) a strong agriculture industry and (2) a strong tourism
industry. With this in mind, Arkansas has the opportunity to combine these
two industries and stands to become recognized as a national leader.
https://www.uaex.edu/farm-ranch/special-programs/docs/Agritourism%
20in%20 Arkansas%20Resource%20Guide.pdf

The agricultural plan will identify opportunities

and constraints that agricultural producers
face, and identify the practical actions that can
be taken to best capitalize on the opportunities
and mitigate or remove the constraints.
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FOR AGRICULTURE :
Let’s Listen, Speak, Read, and Write in English

TASK 3 : VOCABULARY

Study the following 8 photos and then match with the correct
terms in agritourism. Write the letter in the box.
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TASK 4

Use your dictionary to explain the bolded words used in the text.

Agrotourism or Agritourism
“Agritourism is a form of alternative to (1)mass tourism based on
(2)sustainability, preservarion of (3)culture, heritage and
(4)traditions in rural areas.
It comprises all forms of tourism in which tourists visit farms and
in (5)rural villages, eventually board in them, and experience
farming and various forms of rural life (6)at close hand. It aims at
bringing the visitor(7) in touch with the natural environment,
agricultural activities, local products, and (8)a community’s
lifestyles, while at the same time contributing to (9)the host area
(10)economic stability”.
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Let’s Listen, Speak, Read, and Write in English

B. LISTENING

TASK 5:

You will listen to Lani Weigert, the Executive Director of HATA

(Hawai AgriTourism Association). She will be talking about “Is
Agritourism Right for Your Farm?” Pay attention to the details she
mentions to complete the following sentences.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer in the note
that follow.
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C. GRAMMAR-Noun Clause

NOUN CLAUSE

Noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun and as a

clause, it has a subject and a predicate of its own. In a sentence, a noun
clause can act as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a predicate
nominative, or an object of a preposition.

Noun clauses begin with words, such as how, that, what, whatever,
when, where, whether, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom,
whomever, and why. These connectors are required to “connect” the main
sentence with the noun clause.

Analyze the three examples of noun clause below and match the
following functions of noun clause with the examples.
1. Noun clause is used as the Subject of a sentence. (....)
2. Noun clause is used as the Object of a sentence. (....)
3. Noun clause is used as the Object of Preposition. (....)

a. The visitors are interested in [what the farmers offer].

Connector + Subject + Verb
b. [What the farmers offer] is interesting to the visitors.
Connector + Subject + Verb
c. The nearby residents like [what the farmers offer].
Connector + Subject + Verb
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Let’s Listen, Speak, Read, and Write in English

TASK 6:
Identify the use of noun clause in the sentences below (does the noun
clause function as Subject, Object of verb, or Object of preposition?).
Analyze the use of noun clause in the sentences below and decide if
they are correct (C) or incorrect (I).
1. (…..) Agritourism includes what you call pick-your-own apple
groves.
2. (…..) Whether agritourists can try wine tastings has been discussed.
3. (…..) Visitors may find out how agricultural products is produced.
4. (…..) Recreation and agritourism event offer involves using farm
land for marketable uses.
5. (…..) Recreation and agritourism event is offered to whoever he is
interested.
6. (…..) How connection is made between the consumers and the farm
are important.
7. (…..) Farmers may sell organic product similar to what gets at a
grocery store.
8. (…..) Customer loyalty is achieved the key to the success of many
agritourism businesses.
9. (…..) That food is worth more to consumers is the basic idea of
agritourism.
10. (…..) Government needs to look at agritourism holds an appeal to
travelers.

TASK 7:
Combine the sentences in each number into one sentence with noun
clause using the connectors in the brackets.
1. The government is learning it- (WHY) Some individuals refuse the
idea of agritourism.
The government is learning why some individuals refuse the idea
of agritourism.
2. The government is investigating it- (HOW) The initiatives to
perform agritourism can be actualized.
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3. Many parties are interested in the idea- (THAT) Agrotourism can

benefit lots of people.
4. (WHETHER) Society is ready for agritourism- It is a question we
need to address.
5. People may do not know it- (WHY) Agritourism can be beneficial
to them.
6. (HOW) farmers are working on the project – It is so unclear to the
company.
7. Companies are interested in it – (WHEN) the plan will run on the
tourism.
8. (WHERE) The visitors want to observe- It becomes the important
aspect in operating agritourism.
9. The goverment will give farmer a lot of funding.- (WHOEVER)
Farmer runs agriculture museum.
10. (WHEN) The exotic animal show will be begun at a certain time.
Do you know the time?

B. SPEAKING – Expression of Asking and Giving Suggestion

TASK 8
This following dialogues provide the examples on using Expression
of Asking and Giving Suggestions. Ask two or three groups to perform
the examples.

Dialogue 1
Ruth : Hi Ann! How are you?
Ann : Hi Ruth! I am so confuse. Rico asked me to go to cinema on
Saturday.
Ruth : That’s good! So why are you so confuse?
Ann : In the same time, Tonny asked to go to Agrotechnopark to
explore the green house
Ruth : Oh my God! So how? Do you choose Rico or Tonny?
Ann : That’s why I am so confuse. Do you have any suggestions?
Ruth : It’s easy. You have to go to Agrotechnopark for exploring the
green house and ask Rico to postpone watching the movie.
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Exploring green house is challenging and educated but watching

movie is flexible.
Ann : Oh Ruth, you are a genius! Thank you so much
Ruth : I am not genius but I can think it clearly.

Dialogue 2
Tami : Aufa.., Do you have any idea about which one should I buy for
souvenirs ? a package of pizza or a box of Suwar-suwir)
Aufa : Mmmm.., I suggest you to buy something like a box of Suwar-
suwir .. Because it is a local products from Jember. If Pizza can be bought
in every city
Tami : That’s a good idea.. Let’s search for it..!

The expressions below present Asking and Giving Suggestion.

Asking Suggestions: Giving Suggestions:

1. What do you recommend we do 1. I would recommend that you ...

about ...? 2. My advice would be to ...
2. What would you advices us to 3. I suggest...
do? 4. If I were you, I would ...
3. Do you have any suggestions? 5. Maybe you should ...
4. What would you do about ...? 6. Why do not you ...
5. What do you think I should do?
6. What do you suggest?
7. Would you like to ...

TASK 9
Make a group discussion on how your campus can develop
and/or promote its agritourism about natural environment,
agricultural activities, local products, community’s lifestyles, or
economic stability. Report your group discussion result.
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C. WRITING - Composing Text on Agritourism

Look at this following brochure. This brochure focuses on Farm

tourism. This brochure provides name of place, location of the
place, a brief explanation on Farm tourism, and contact person.
To make it interesting, this brochure also provides a few
pictures related to the place.
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Let’s Listen, Speak, Read, and Write in English

TASK 10

Design a plan of agritourism for your local area in a text

containing two paragraphs, and put the design into the brochure
template below. Use application o your gadget to help you write
brochure.