Changes to Farming - Developing counties Flashcards
1
Q
New Technology
ADVAN - Machienary
A
> more efficient
higher yield
more food
2
Q
DISADVAN - Machienary
A
> petrol
> costs too high for poor people
3
Q
DISADVAN - High unemployment
A
> people move to city + end up in shanty towns
4
Q
ADVAN - Changes to inheritance rule
A
> farms amalgamated
field sizes bigger
more food
5
Q
DISADVAN - Chemical fertilisers
A
> polluting
cost too much
farmers out of business
6
Q
GM Crops
ADVAN - High yield variety seed
A
> a substance farmers can start to make profit from
7
Q
ADVAN - In areas of high wind + poor soil
A
> reduces risk of famine
8
Q
DISADVAN - Expensive
A
> buy more seeds if we produce too much > market will be flooded > price drops > buy fertilisers > chemical companies out of business
9
Q
Biofuels
ADVAN
A
> sustainably friendly alternative
10
Q
ADVAN - Biodiesel
A
> used to power tractors
11
Q
ADVAN - Increased employment
A
> more people needed to grow plants
