2.3.2 Local Scheme Example To Increase Sustainable Supplies Of Food

Question 1

Where is Jamalpur?

Answer 1

Bangladesh

Question 2

Which charity has been working with small scale farmers?

Answer 2

Practical Action

Question 3

How has the charity Practical Action helped? (2p)

Answer 3

• Working with small-scale farmers to increase and improve the nutrition of the local people
• They are doing this by rice-fish cultures

Question 4

Benefits of rice-fish cultures (4p)

Answer 4

• Fish provide natural fertiliser for rice
• Fish eat pests
• Fish are safely hidden from predators
• Fish help circulate oxygen

Question 5

By how much has yields increased after rice-fish cultures?

Answer 5

10%

Question 6

Ways to increase food sustainability (3p)

Answer 6

Construction
Planting and stocking
Harvesting

Question 7

Construction (2p)

Answer 7

• A Duke is built around the outskirts of the field
• this keeps fish in rice fields and enables vegetation cultivation

Question 8

Planting and stocking (3p)

Answer 8

• Rice is planted on rows and filled 50% with water
• Water is purified with lime and organic fertiliser is added
• As soon as the fish have acclimatised to rice field water, they are released into a field

Question 9

Harvesting

Answer 9

• rice is harvested first, and then the field is drained to collect the fish

Question 10

Benefits of this method in general (4p)

Answer 10

• sustainable
• Provides jobs for locals
• doesn’t need a lot of money
• method is taught and passed on to other farmers