Solutions to globalisations negatives

Question 1

What 3 main national strategies are there?

Answer 1

Fair Trade, Trade Reforms, Charity

Question 2

What are the positives and negatives of fair trade?

Answer 2

Helping the environment - fewer pesticides, richer soil , cleaner water
Helping poorer farmers as surcharge goes to help raise income
Buy locally and show you don’t like multinational companies
BUT
More land needed to grow less intensive organic foods
Higher prices means overproduction and depressing prices than original price
1/2 of transport is cars which is inefficient when poor farmers compared to large lorries

Question 3

What are some individual strategies?

Answer 3

Buying locally
Organic buying
Recycling

Question 4

What is the negative of buying locally?

Answer 4

Poor farmers in LDCs lose trade
Less sales creates surplus so prices fluctuate
Even harder for formers to access HIC Markets - EU tariffs

Question 5

What are the problems for consumers when buying locally?

Answer 5

Local food more expensive/not available
High environmental costs when bought locally as have to create right conditions
Long journeys still made as food routed via depots
Unrealistic for local area to support demands of large pop. city