Food supply key terms

Question 1

Agriculture

Answer 1

The production of food,animal and other goods by growing crops and rearing animals

Question 2

GM crops

Answer 2

Crops that have genes from other plants or animals inserted into them to produce “better” versions

Question 3

Green revolution

Answer 3

Movement which resulted in increased yields in developing countries

Question 4

Conurbations

Answer 4

Extended urban area

Question 5

Horticulture

Answer 5

Branch of agriculture that deals with the art,science and business of growing plants

Question 6

TNCs example

Answer 6

• Cargill

- Dole

Question 7

Management of food supply case studies

Answer 7

• North Korea

- India

Question 8

Examples of regional food sources

Answer 8

Tesco
Sainsbury’s
Waitrose
Asda
Morrisons

Question 9

Examples of local food sources

Answer 9

River ford, Devon

Leigh Court Farm, Abbots Leigh

Question 10

What are the geopolitics of food?

Answer 10

• Food aid
• Trade
• TNCS

Question 11

How is food aid a geopolitics of food?

Answer 11

Involves influencing recipient countries whilst riddling a developed country of surplus foodstuffs

Question 12

How is trade a geopolitics of food?

Answer 12

Global trade is controlled by developed countries which protect their farmers which has impact on food supply

Question 13

How is TNCs a geopolitics of food?

Answer 13

Transnational corporations have finances to buy land in LEDCs - used for the production of cash crops which impacts food supply

Question 14

What are the impacts of global trade?

Answer 14

• Food Miles
• Due to changing consumer demands many foods now transported long distances.
• Contribution to climate change through carbon dioxide emissions

Question 15

What is Entry Level Stewardship?

Answer 15

• 5 year agreement that aims to tackle countrywide environmental problems;
• Diffuse pollution
• Loss of biodiversity and landscape character
• Damage to the historic environment

Question 16

What are the management options for entry level stewardship?

Answer 16

• Arable land
• Buffer strips:
• Boundary features
• Encouraging a range of crop types

Question 17

What is Organic Entry Level Stewardship?

Answer 17

The same as ELS but farming also have to be organic - double pay

Question 18

What is the Higher Level Stewardship?

Answer 18

• Fulfilling all the requirements of ELS
• Primary objective of resource protection
• Secondary objectives of historic conservation, flood protection and genetic conservation

Question 19

What are the management options for Higher Level Stewardship?

Answer 19

• Historic environment
• Arable land
• Inter-tidal and coastal land
• Hedgerows

Question 20

What are the changes in demand for food production?

Answer 20

Growing demand for high value food exports from developing countries

Question 21

What are with problems with changes in demand for food production?

Answer 21

• Deforestation and land clearance for cash crops
• Use of chemicals can damage environment
• Distances foods are transported – food miles and contribution to climate change

Question 22

What is organic produce?

Answer 22

• Crops grown or animals reared according to certain standards
• Very limited use of pesticides allowed and natural fertilisers used

Question 23

What are the problems with organic produce?

Answer 23

• Yields are lower with organic produce - unsustainable?
• Produce is more expensive
• Labour costs per unit of land are much higher

Question 24

What are the problems with agribusinesses?

Answer 24

• Distortion of local food sources - farmers grow to export
• TNCs take profits back to the MEDCs
• Wide scale use of pesticides and fertilisers.