Resource Reliance Flashcards
(16 cards)
Resource
Definition
Something that people need and/ or value
Supply
Definition
The amount of something that is available
Demand
Definition
The amount of a good that consumers are willing and are able to purchase
Why is demand outstripping supply?
- Population Growth
- Economoic Development
- Finite Resources
Why can’t we supply enough water?
- Earth’s surface is covered in 71% water
- However, 96% of it can’t be trank because barely any of it is fresh water and majority of it is frozen into glaciers
Food Security
Definition
When all people, at all times have physical and economic access to enough safe and nutritious food at all times
Which case study is used for this topic?
Resource Reliance
Food security in Tanzania
Ways that Tanzania is trying to solve food insecurity
Local scale
Goat Aid in Babiti District (A bottom-up aid project) that imports Toggenburg goats to make milk.
Ways that Tanzania is trying to solve food insecurity
National scale (Past)
The Canada Wheat Programme helped develop seeds, training, fertilisers and machinery. However, Tanzania didn’t get all the aid for free and had to pay eventually and the lack of biodiversity reduced soil fertility.
Ways that Tanzania is trying to solve food insecurity
National scale (Current)
SAGCOT (The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania) which works by the ‘hub and out-grower model’
GM crops
Definition
Genetically Modified crops that are modified to be able t withstand diseases and different natural circumstances
Hydroponics
Definition
Growing plants without soil and letting them recieve all nutrients via water. While it is more expensive to set up, it is more environmentally sustainable than normal plant growing.
Undernourishment
Definition
The percentage of the population who are undernourished
Child Wasting
Definition
The proportion of children under 5 who have low weight for their height
Child Stunting
Definition
The proportion of children under 5 who are short for their age
Child Mortality
Definition
The death rate of children under 5
