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What do you see?. What sub-questions do we need to answer?

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What do you see?

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What sub-questions do we need to answer?

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The Geography of food

objective – the causes of deficiency and

sufficiency

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The world has never produced more food that now

• Due to the green revolution mainly…..

1960’s desire for more food production led to HYV’s, chemical use, more technology, irrigation techniques and carries on today as GM foods…

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What’s wrong with this image?https://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats

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What changes have taken place to increase the availability of food?

Green revolution Technological innovations

Expansion of areaAgribusiness

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The Green Revolution1.Watch Dr Norman clip2.Read “green Revolution: curse or

blessing?” 3.Read “Green revolution Philippines 1965-

1983”. 4.Answer the questions

Link back to all the reasons for sufficiency

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So. Green Revolution..

• Where has it led to excess food?

• Where hasn’t taken advantage of it?

• Negatives of the Green Revolution?

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Negatives… short termist?

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Areas of food sufficiencyAreas of food sufficiency

• Explain how changes in agricultural systems, scientific and technological innovations, the expansion of the area under agriculture and the growth of agribusiness have increased the availability of food in some areas, starting with the Green Revolution and continuing since.

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Areas of food deficiencyAreas of food deficiency

• Examine the environmental, demographic, political, social and economic factors that have caused areas of food deficiency and insecurity.

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What changes have taken place to decrease the availability of food?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/19/extreme-weather-new-normal-climate-change

Environment Demographic

Social Political

Economic

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Areas of food deficiencyAreas of food deficiency

1. Read the information (p.262-263 course companion)

2. Explain the factors that have caused areas of food deficiency and insecurity. Classify them as:– Environmental – Demographic – Political– Social – Economic

3. Complete the “to do” questions (a-c) on p.262.

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Debate - Are economic Debate - Are economic factors responsible for food factors responsible for food

shortages?shortages?Two opposing viewpoints:• Yes, economic factors are the main cause of food

shortages (although we acknowledge that some other factors do have a part to play)

VS• Economic factors have some bearing but there are

other factors that are more responsible for food shortages

Use your notes on food sufficiency/deficiency as well as the graphs (fig 10.6, p.263) to help you.

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