Food Security Flashcards
What is food security?
food security exists when “all people, at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”
What are the four factors?
- availability
- accessibility
- stability
- knowledge and resources to use food appropriately
Causes of food security
- climate change
- conflict and war
- poverty
- economic inequality
- agricultural challenges
- natural disasters
- political instability
- population growth
What is a foodbowl?
a food bowl refers to a region that produces a large amount of food due to its fertile land and favourable climate.
What is Melbourne’s foodbowl?
Melbourne has an inner and outer food bowl.
What is urban sprawl?
urban sprawl is the uncontrolled or unplanned expansion of urban areas into the surrounding rural land.
Urban sprawl in Melbourne
Melbourne’s population is predicted to grow to at least 7 million by 2050, and Melbourne will require 60% more food to meet the population’s needs.
Threats to Melbourne’s food bowl
- agricultural land is being reduced
- reliant on external sources or imports
- increase demand for resources
- access to affordable, fresh, and locally grown food becomes more difficult
Solutions to help Melbourne’s foodbowl
- recycling food waste into compost or energy
- ensuring there is enough water for farming
- sustainable farming
- farm viability
What does PQE stand for?
P - pattern
Q - quantify
E - exception
