Designed to aid in learning the main ideas of the agribusiness concept, this document answers the following questions, treating each answer in a separate explanatory section: (1) What is the meaning of the terms "agriculture" and "agribusiness"? (2) What is the relationship of agriculture and agribusiness? (3) What is involved in tracing an agricultural product from origin to consumption? (4) What were the major contributors to the development of agribusiness? (5) How did the development of agribusiness occur? and (6) What are the essential components of agribusiness activity? Diagrams are included to supplement the text. A bibliography is appended. (SH)