Food KQ1 and KQ2

Question 1

What are the factors affecting variation in food consumption?

Answer 1

Econ: disposable income, pricing
Socio cultural: food preferences, population growth
Political: stability of food supply, food safety

Question 2

What is the consequences of inadequate food consumption

Answer 2

1. Malnutrition
2. Starvation
3. Scavenging

Question 3

What are the problems with excessive food consumption ?

Answer 3

1. Obesity n related diseases
2. Economic: lower productivity, diversion of financial resources to health care
3. social dieting
4. Lowered productivity

Question 4

reasons for variation in food consumption (between DC and LDC)

Answer 4

1. economic factors
2. socio cultural factors
3. political factors

Question 5

what are the economic factors affecting variation in food consumption?

Answer 5

1. disposable income
2. pricing

Question 6

example of disposable income being a factor

Answer 6

High economic growtj in taiwan caused income per capita to surge to same level as a DC (rice consumption declined by half, meat consumption increased by 4 times)

Question 7

example of pricing being a factor

Answer 7

GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS 2006-2008, prices rose dramatically worldwide

Question 8

what are the socio- cultural factors that affect variation in food consumption?

Answer 8

1. food preferences (religion can oso play a role in this)
2. population growth

Question 9

what are the political factors that affect variation in food consumption?

Answer 9

1. stability of food supply
2. Food safety

Question 10

what are the political factors for stability of food supply?

Answer 10

1. civil wars
2. natural disasters
   e.g. prolonged drought in Zimbabwe 2008

Question 11

Impact of inadequate food consumption

Answer 11

• malnutrition
  -starvation
• diversion of financial resources to healthcare
• economic long-term debt
• political social unrest
  -social scavenging

Question 12

negative impacts of malnutrition

Answer 12

e.g prolonged malnutrition can result in blindness and death

Question 13

what are the physical factors that affect intensity of food production n supply

Answer 13

• climate
• soils and drainage
• relief

Question 14

what are the economic factors that affect intensity of food production n supply

Answer 14

• purpose of farming
  -agribiz

Question 15

what are the political factors that affect intensity of food production n supply

Answer 15

• gov policy
• ASEAN

Question 16

what is the technological factor that affect intensity of food production n supply

Answer 16

green revolution

Question 17

what is the difference between subsistence and commercial farming?

Answer 17

sub: personal needs, small land size (1-3 hectares), labour is fam members. EG sub-saharan Africa

com: for biz, aka cash crop. Large land size, 30 hectares to thousands

Question 18

Example of gov policy tht affects intensity of nomnom productions

Answer 18

Punjab Agriculture Department started education programme for weat farmers. Thet learnt to use pesticide treatment etc all leading to hugher productivity

Question 19

What is green revolution?

Answer 19

The rapid increase in productivity of agriculture thru use of sci n tech

Question 20

What does revolution involve the use of?

Answer 20

1. High yielding varieties (HYV)
   2.fertilisers n pesticides
2. Improved irrigation
3. Mechanism

Question 21

Simi is irrigation?

Answer 21

It means to supply H2O to land by other means to help crops hrow

Question 22

Examples if irrigation methods

Answer 22

Centre pivot: a rotating sprinkler
Man made dams n canals: divert h2o from river to farm

Question 23

Unslay reasons of green revolution

Answer 23

Economic cost, social cost
environmental cost: eutrophication, salinization, waterlogging, damage soil structure

Question 24

Factors affecting nomnom shortage

Answer 24

1. Climate change
2. Extreme weather events
3. Pests
4. Wars
5. Cmi gov