Food And Reosurces Kq3 Case Studies Flashcards
Technological strategy: the use of proper storage methods can help overcome food shortage.
Timor leste, food silos, pests, 20-40%
In ——-, the building of——- has helped to reduce the loss of crops to—— by———
Framing technologies can be used to help overcome food shortages.
HYVs, rice and wheat, LDCs, 75%, 1965 to 1980
Using———,————- production in ————- has increased ———% between ———.
Biotechnology can be used to help overcome food shortages.
Drought, corn Western Great Plains, USA, per year, 600mm
——- resistant——— is grown on the———— where the maximum rainfall received ——— is———-, previously considered too Low for corn production.
Multiple cropping and crop rotation
Groundnuts and soyabeans, nitrogen, benefits, corn.
Groundnuts, over the ground, soil erosion
Growing——-, can replenish——— in the soil that ——— crops that need nitrogen like———.
Soil conservation
No-till , weeds, removed, rows, plant material, previous growing season, decompose, nutrients, current growing season
——-farming is an example of soil conservation.———- are not ———- and ——— are not created in the soil for planting.
———— ———— from the —————- is left on the fields to ————, providing ————- to the soil through the ————- ————- ————.
Leasing farmland from other countries can help to overcome fo shortages.
South Korea, 3.2 million , Madagascar.
——— ———- has leased ————- ———— acres of farmland from —————