8) UK food security

Question 1

What has happened to average calorie intake in the UK?

Answer 1

It has decreased since 1940

Question 2

Calorie intake in 1940

Answer 2

2350

Question 3

Calorie intake in 2000

Answer 3

1750

Question 4

Decrease in calorie consumption 3

Answer 4

People have less physical jobs now
More awareness about healthy eating
Spikes in the cost of food

Question 5

What has happened to food availability?

Answer 5

It has increased

Question 6

How much of its food does the UK produce?

Answer 6

60%

Question 7

Why was food availability bad in WW2? 2

Answer 7

Global food shortages
Imports to the UK were disrupted by the Germans
This lead to rations being introduced

Question 8

What did Common Agricultural Policy do?

Answer 8

It introduced the production of crops by intensifying agriculture (growing more in a smaller space)

Question 9

What has happened to the imports of seaonal foods like strawberries?

Answer 9

Increased, we now import 78% of vegetables we consume

Question 10

Where have food banks helped?

Answer 10

Newcastle

Question 11

How many people in the UK don’t have enough to eat?

Answer 11

5 million

Question 12

How any people have used food banks in Newcastle?

Answer 12

8%

Question 13

How have food banks increased food security? 2

Answer 13

Reduce hunger and improve diets

Shops donate unsold food, reducing waste

Question 14

Problems with food banks 2

Answer 14

Little fresh food as goes off - lots of processed food with salt and sugars
Don’t solve underlying problems such as wages

Question 15

2 methods of increasing food security in the UK

Answer 15

Intensification

Hydroponics

Question 16

Benefits of hydroponics 3

Answer 16

Vegetables grown all year round, reduces reliance on imports
Grown in otherwise deserted places so food production increases
Create jobs

Question 17

Where are hydroponics used now?

Answer 17

In abandoned WW2 tunnels under London and Thanet Earth, which produced 10% of peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes

Question 18

Negatives of hydroponics 3

Answer 18

Can be expensive to setup which means prices are high
Lots of energy needed to power greenhouse and transport goods
Built in rural areas which destroys habitats

Question 19

Methods used in intensification 5

Answer 19

Higher yielding crops planted
Monoculture
Irrigation techniques to water plants efficiently
Chemicals to maximise yield
Mechanisation to increase yield

Question 20

What is monoculture?

Answer 20

Growing just one crop over a large area

Question 21

What is intensification?

Answer 21

Increasing crop yield

Question 22

Negatives of intensification 4

Answer 22

Monoculture crops can be wiped out by single pathogen or natural disaster
Monoculture reduces biodiversity
Chemicals pollute land and water, disrupting ecosystems
Over exploiting the land lead to soil infertility