global food

Question 1

food security

Answer 1

the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food

Question 2

food insecurity definition

Answer 2

the condition of not having access to food of an adequate quality or or sufficient food

Question 3

what is sustainability

Answer 3

meeting the needs of today without neglecting the needs of the future

Question 4

what are some sustainability issues around food

Answer 4

• extreme weather events
• food wastage
• lack of land

Question 5

what affects the amount of food available

Answer 5

• climate
• technology
• pests and disease
• water stress
• conflict
• poverty

Question 6

how much conflict affect food supply

Answer 6

• conflict and wars often lead to hunger because many farm owners leave their farms to join the fighting or are fleeing the country
• crops can be burnt in battle

Question 6

what factors do we need to think about in terms of severity

Answer 6

• starving + undernutrition
• conflict
• poor
• harvest + water shortages

Question 6

how might water stress affect food supply

Answer 6

• without water, people don’t have a way of watering crops, meaning they can’t provide food to the fast growing population
• other issues including floods can contaminate water supply and put agriculture under water stress

Question 7

how might poverty affect food supply

Answer 7

• often don’t have enough money to buy to buy food
• makes them weaker and less productive in work
• can’t afford things to improve food supply, such as seeds, tools and fertilisers
• these can severely limit food

Question 7

strategies to increase food supply

Answer 7

irrigation, aeroponics, hydroponics, the ‘new’ green revolution, biotechnology, appropriate tech, the impossible burger

Question 8

what is irrigation

Answer 8

• artificially watering the land
• most methods involve extracting water from rivers and underground water stores
• or are more large scale and involve building dams

Question 9

why does irrigation help

Answer 9

• can increase crop yields as well as income
• can reduce poverty

Question 10

challenges of irrigation

Answer 10

• costs of setting up
• increased water logging of soil

Question 11

what are aeroponics

Answer 11

• plants are usually grown in the air and are sprayed with fine water mist containing nutrients
• this speeds up plant growth and allows bigger yields

Question 12

why does aeroponics help

Answer 12

• plants grow faster
• easier to ensure plants have all the nutrients they need

Question 13

challenges of aeroponics

Answer 13

expensive

Question 14

what are hydroponics

Answer 14

• plants grown in water
• roots are planted in nutrient-rich water

Question 15

why do hydroponics help

Answer 15

• plants get more nutrients
• less space
• no disease

Question 16

challenges of hydroponics

Answer 16

expensive

Question 17

the ‘new’ green revolution

Answer 17

• involves modern technology to increase crops
• focuses on sustainability and community and involves techniques such as water harvesting, soil conservation

Question 18

why is the ‘new’ green revolution helpful

Answer 18

• large quantities
• cheaper food

Question 19

what are the challenges of the ‘new’ green revolution

Answer 19

global population growing too fast for food growth

Question 20

biotechnology

Answer 20

uses living organism to make or modify products to produce higher yields

Question 21

why does biotechnology help

Answer 21

• increased vitamins + proteins
• improved flavour of food

Question 22

what are the challenges of biotechnology

Answer 22

people concerned about impact on environment + human health

Question 23

appropriate tech

Answer 23

using skills or materials that are cheap and easily available to increase output without putting people out of work

Question 24

why does appropriate tech help

Answer 24

- low tech strategy - efficient - simple

Question 25

what are the challenges of appropriate tech

Answer 25

his financial investments

Question 26

how to increase sustainability of food

Answer 26

- permaculture - urban farming - sustainable meat and fish

Question 27

what is permaculture

Answer 27

agriculture we can use sustainable forever

Question 28

what is urban farming

Answer 28

working to make an environment productive

Question 29

what is food waste

Answer 29

waste food at consumer level

Question 30

what is food loss

Answer 30

edible food that discarded or lost along the journey from production

Question 34

NEE for sustainably increasing food supply on local scale

Answer 34

Jamalpur, Bangladesh

Question 35

population of jamalpur

Answer 35

2.29 million

Question 36

% working in agriculture in jamalpur

Answer 36

65.5%

Question 37

literacy rate in jamalpur compared to the rest of bangladesh and the uk

Answer 37

jamalpur- 38.4% bangladesh - 61.5% uk - 99%

Question 38

about jamalpur:

Answer 38

- LIC/NEE - more people involve in agriculture - vulnerable as areas are prone to flooding - lower literacy rate -> more poverty, more people in agriculture and less able to read

Question 39

rice-fish culture example in jamalpur

Answer 39

- learn to choose rice that’s more resistant to floods - learn to protect fish in field - able to grow more rice and fish + earn more money from selling them

Question 40

is the rice-fish strategy suitable to all countries/places

Answer 40

no because HICs need to produce food on a large scale where large machinery is required it only works on a small scale and places that don’t expect a large profit

Question 41

why is the rice-fish strategy suited to bangladesh

Answer 41

its cheap to set up, easy to maintain and produce also, suitable for the weather circumstances of flooding

Question 42

how might technology affect food supply

Answer 42

LIC can’t afford good tech, which limits their productivity in agriculture

Question 43

how might pests and disease limit food supply

Answer 43

LIC can’t afford to combat problems in animals and plants