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global food Flashcards

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food security

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

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food insecurity definition

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

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what is sustainability

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

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what are some sustainability issues around food

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  • extreme weather events
  • food wastage
  • lack of land
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what affects the amount of food available

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  • climate
  • technology
  • pests and disease
  • water stress
  • conflict
  • poverty
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how much conflict affect food supply

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

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  • starving + undernutrition
  • conflict
  • poor
  • harvest + water shortages
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how might water stress affect food supply

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  • 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
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how might poverty affect food supply

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  • 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
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strategies to increase food supply

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

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what is irrigation

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

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  • can increase crop yields as well as income
  • can reduce poverty
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challenges of irrigation

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  • costs of setting up
  • increased water logging of soil
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what are aeroponics

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  • 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
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why does aeroponics help

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

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expensive

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what are hydroponics

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  • plants grown in water
  • roots are planted in nutrient-rich water
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why do hydroponics help

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  • plants get more nutrients
  • less space
  • no disease
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challenges of hydroponics

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expensive

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the ‘new’ green revolution

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  • involves modern technology to increase crops
  • focuses on sustainability and community and involves techniques such as water harvesting, soil conservation
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why is the ‘new’ green revolution helpful

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  • large quantities
  • cheaper food
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what are the challenges of the ‘new’ green revolution

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global population growing too fast for food growth

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biotechnology

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

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why does biotechnology help

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  • increased vitamins + proteins
  • improved flavour of food
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what are the challenges of biotechnology

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people concerned about impact on environment + human health

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appropriate tech

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

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why does appropriate tech help

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  • low tech strategy
  • efficient
  • simple
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what are the challenges of appropriate tech

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his financial investments

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how to increase sustainability of food

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  • permaculture
  • urban farming
  • sustainable meat and fish
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what is permaculture

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agriculture we can use sustainable forever

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what is urban farming

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working to make an environment productive

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what is food waste

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waste food at consumer level

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what is food loss

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edible food that discarded or lost along the journey from production

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