Resource Reliance

Question 1

3 Gorges dam

Facts

Answer 1

• 600km long
• 22,500 Mw of energy per day
• In China on the Yangtsze River
• Has 34 Generators

Question 2

What are the 3 pillars of food security?

Answer 2

• Availability
• Access
• Utilisation

Question 3

Tanzania Goat aid - Past small scale attempt to tackle food security

Facts

Answer 3

In Tanzania - there is a life expectancy of 61 years, and a rapidly growing population.

• 1999-2006
• Babati, Tanzania
• Goats produced 3L milk per day
• Successful - Farmers income has risen from 3/4M to over 2.2M
• Has improved the life of many Tanzanians - allowed them to go to school…

Question 4

T-C wheat project - Past attempt to achieve food security at a national scale

Facts

Answer 4

• 1968 - 1993 - Canada provided $95M
• Northern Tanzania
• Successful - 60% of wheat, 121 received training, 1992 drought, Tanzania was the only South African country to not rely on Aid, 400 people worked on the farm

Question 5

SAGCOT - Present attempt at a National scale (Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania)

Facts

Answer 5

• Started in 2010
• Invested millions of dollars to improve infrastructures like roads and railways
• By 2030, the project will create thousands of jobs and lift millions out of poverty
• Success - commercial farms doubled in rice yield, some farms produces 8 times as much rice
• Failure - Most of the money invested benefits large commercial farms, not the smaller farms