INCREASE IN FOOD AVAILABILITY

Food production 1961 - 2007 Total yields

Food production 1960 - 2005 Yields per hectare

FOOD PRODUCTION DATA

• Using the table/graph on the previous slide, complete a table to show the % change in food production between 1960 and 2005 for each of the following regions……

• 1. EU• 2. USA• 3. SOUTH ASIA• 4. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

WHAT HAS LED TO MORE FOOD BEING PRODUCED?

• List the 5 main reasons why you think, on average, food production has increased.

• For each reason suggest 2 continents where this will be an important reason.

• Your reasons will probably fit comfortably in one or more of the following categories. Use the text and weblinks to write brief notes on the main reasons - emphasising actual locations in your information. If you prefer, bullet points are fine by me.

REASON 1- Changes in agricultural systems

GENERAL REASONS• New Wider World (p. 96-97)

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

• New Wider World (p. 106)• Advanced Geography (p.348 1st part)

REASON 2 – Expansion of the area under

agriculture (cultivation)

• Planet Geography (p. 426)

• New Wider World (p. 108)

REASON 3 - Scientific and technological innovations

• Planet Geography (p. 426-427)• Study Guide (p.122)• New Wider World (p.108-109).

REASON 4 - Growth of agribusiness

• Planet Geography (p. 424-425). • New Wider World (p. 104)

REASON 5 - The Green Revolution

• New Wider World (p.113)• IB Study Guide (p.122)

The syllabus says:

Examine the environmental, demographic, political, social and economic factors that

have caused areas of

food deficiency and food insecurity.

• IB Study Guide (p. 123)

• New Wider World (p.111)