agroecosystems

Question 1

Environmental factors affecting selection of food species

Answer 1

-how an areas can affect what you farm
-topography
-climate
-light intensity
-wind velocity
-water salinity
-aspect

examples
-oranges/tomatoes grown in spain
-sheep farmed in hilly areas

Question 2

Social factors affecting selection of food species

Answer 2

-foods that are in fashion
-what’s socially acceptable in certain areas (one country may find acceptable)
-culture

examples
-avocado
-goats cheese
-snails
-frogs
-horses

Question 3

ethical factors that affect the selection of food species

Answer 3

-prevention of bad food production
-education of seasonal produce (carbon footprint)
-locally produced
-seasonal food

examples
-only buy free range eggs instead of battery produced

Question 4

Technological factors which affect selection of food

Answer 4

-certain types of technology or expertise
-availability of machinery/pesticides/fertilisers

examples
-pesticides
-fertilisers
-vaccines

Question 5

Economic factors affecting selection of food species

Answer 5

-products produced in bad ways but more money is produced
-(forget what’s traditional in certain areas)
-some foods may have tax advance

examples
-palm oil
-avocado
-chocolate
-biofuels
-cash crops

Question 6

Manipulation of food species to increase suitability for cultivation

Answer 6

-genetic modification
-fast development
-micro propagation
-cloning
-producing genetic crops
-exposure to hormones
-intraspecies/interspecies
-increase amount of food animals are consuming
-mono culture
-make look more appetising
-better pH persistence
-selective breeding (control of traits in offspring)