Almeria - food Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
what is are large agricultural development case study?
A
Almeria - Spain
2
Q
what farming techinques are used in Almeria?
A
- hydroponics
- drip irrigation
3
Q
why is the climate so good to intenively produce crops?
5 ..
A
- arid
- flat
- fertile
- 3000 hours on sunlight / year
= consitant temp and weather all year round - coastal = easy to ship/trade
4
Q
how much of produce do Almeria export to Europe?
A
99.8%
5
Q
5 pros of Almeria:
A
- £1.5 billion to local economy / year
- mutiplier effect = Q jobs created
- cheap work force
- can produce cheap food products
- lots of job opps = inc GNI
6
Q
cons of Almeria:
A
- 33,500 tonnes / year of plastic dumped into sea
- workers exploited
- visual pollution / not aesthetic = dec tourism
- eutropication = ferstilers etc –> water sources
- damages env & inc climate change
7
Q
what does this perfect climate mean? [pro]
A
- food aviable all year round = no seasonable food
- gd cuz this is in demand
