Food And Water

Question 1

What is the sustainable development goal 2?

Answer 1

End hunger and malnutrition by 2030

Question 2

How is sustainable development goal 2 working out?

Answer 2

More people are malnourished due to decrease in aid to agriculture in developing countries. This means food prices will go up.

Question 3

How is sustainable development goal 14 working out?

Answer 3

Less sustainable fish stocks
Deterioration of coastal waters which leads to pollution and eutrophication
We now have unnatural marine environments since the acidity has increased

Question 4

How is sustainable development goal 15 going?

Answer 4

Decrease in earth forest area
Decrease in vegetation productivity
Unsustainable agriculture, harvest and trade which means species numbers are declining

Question 5

How much food is wasted?

Answer 5

32% which is avoidable

Question 6

What are the projected impacts for RCP?

Answer 6

Increase by 2 degrees- major crops have a negative impact in tropical and temperate regions

Climate change increases the variability of crops so they’re not all good

Question 7

What’s bad about fisheries?

Answer 7

They redistribute and catch exploited animals so the fish don’t survive in new environments

Question 8

Projected demand

Answer 8

Increase in population size in developing countries

Half of cereal production is to feed animals (due to more people eating meat)

Question 9

How is sustainable development goal 6 going? (Water)

Answer 9

Not a lot of sanitary water
May eventually be scarce in Africa and Asia so:
People migrate
High demand as pop increases
Extreme drought as there’s less moisture
Wars due to scarceness
Requires holistic management

Question 10

How do you make GMO food?

Answer 10

Alter DNA by introducing a small section of new DNA

Question 11

Give an example of an inside and outside GMO?

Answer 11

Inside: medicine
Outside: crops

Question 12

What percentage of land is GMO crops?

Answer 12

25%

Question 13

7 advantages of GMO crops?

Answer 13

Less spraying
Resist drought
Tolerant of herbicides
Enhanced plants
Make: plastic, vaccines, drugs
Bacteria thrive on pollutants
Resist pests and diseases

Question 14

What are the 4 past impacts on grain?

Answer 14

• High confidence that we will have a negative grain yield
• Medium confidence that wheat and maze and negatively affected
• Medium confidence that maricets are sensitive to climate change
• Rice and soybeans less affected