Food security

Question 1

How does the physical environment pose serious challenges for our ability to produce food?

Answer 1

-water supply
-natural hazards
-unpredictable rainfall patterns
-ozone depletion
-conflict-burn crop fields
-low soil fertility
-desertification
-seasons

Question 2

what is food security?

Answer 2

-when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe ,nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.

Question 3

what are the pillars of food security?

Answer 3

-availability
-access
-utilization
-governance

Question 4

what is in included in the availability pillar of food security?

Answer 4

-production
-water supply
-technologies
-soil
-climate
-bulk buying
-trade

Question 5

what is included in the access pillar of food security?

Answer 5

-transport
-distribution
-price
-trade
-land
-shop

Question 6

What is included in the utilization pillar of food security?

Answer 6

-clean water
-sanitation
-storage
-nutritious

Question 7

What is included in the governance?

Answer 7

-fair trade
-charities and NGOs
-Empowering communities
-International assistance
-technical assistance
-sustainable development

Question 8

What is the challenge about land and food security?

Answer 8

-Around half the exploitable land surface in the world is now already in use to produce food. Usable land is in short supply and so we have a diminishing capacity to create more farmland.

Question 9

What is undernutrition?

Answer 9

Undernutrition is the deficiency of calories of one or more essential nutrients -less than department health minimum.

Question 10

what are some general patterns of food production and consumption?

Answer 10

• increased proportion of food is produced for commercial markets rather than domestic market
  -food travels increased distances
  -demand for seasonal food is higher in richer nations
  -many countries are net importers of food- do not produce enough food domestically to fill the gap
  -commercialisation of crops from poorer nations due to actions of TNCs
  -agriculture exports make up as massive percentage of poorer countries export earnings

Question 11

what is malnutrition?

Answer 11

Malnutrition is a condition that develops due to deprivation of vitamins- sufficient calories in a day but not have a balanced diet

Question 12

What is globalisation?

Answer 12

Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming more connected often through trade

Question 13

What are geopolitics of food?

Answer 13

Relates to the way in which the geography of economics and the distribution of resources links with the politics of a nation- e.g small trade war between USA and France up to 2009

Question 14

What is free trade?

Answer 14

Free trade means goods can be easily traded between nation states.

Question 15

what is protectionist?

Answer 15

This measure subsidising domestic industries and taxing or adding tarrifs to foreign ones in aid in aid of protecting the citizens of their own countries.

Question 16

What is the WTO?

Answer 16

WTO is the world trade organisation- they aim to liberate trade, negotiate trade agreements and settle disputes.

Question 17

What is irrigation?

Answer 17

irrigation is the artificial application of water to land. It is used in agriculture to supplement rainfall and increase crop production.

Question 18

What is the green revolution?

Answer 18

The green revolution was a great increase in the production of food grains that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high yield varieties beginning in mid-20th century

Question 19

What is aqua culture?

Answer 19

It is controlled cultivation of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustacea, algae and other organisms of value

Question 20

What is Aeroponics?

Answer 20

Aeroponics is where plants are suspended in the air and their roots are misted with water and nutrients.

Question 21

What is Hydroponics?

Answer 21

Hydroponics are when plants grow in a pro row material and receive nutrients through water that filters through the material.

Question 22

What is Urban Farming?

Answer 22

Urban Farming involves the cultivation of crops and the raising of animals within or around urban and suburban areas.

Question 23

What are methods of Reducing food waste?

Answer 23

-check fridge to only buy what you need
-beware of date labels
-ask for smaller portions
-improving product development
-connect potential food donors to hunger relief organizations
-recycle food waste for compost, bioenergy and natural fertalizers
-use preservation methods like pickling and freezing