SB9i: Food Security Flashcards
1
Q
Agricultural input
A
Something needed for growing food, such as farm equipment, fertilisers or pesticides for crops.
2
Q
Biofuel
A
Fuel produced from biomass.
3
Q
Climate change
A
Change in weather patterns around the world.
4
Q
Food security
A
Having access to enough safe and healthy food at all times.
5
Q
Sustainability
A
Ability to continue something, such as food production, at the same level without negative effects now or in the future.
6
Q
Vector
A
Something that transfers things from one place to another, for example an organism that carries a pathogen from one infected person to another, such as the mosquito that carries the malaria protist.
7
Q
Yield
A
The amount of useful product that you can get from something.
