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Quick questions on Achieving food security explained: N(A)-Level Geography
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What is raising food production?Show answer
One approach is to grow more food at home. Using technology, improved seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, irrigation and machinery, raises yields so more food is produced from the available land. The green revolution in some countries greatly increased harvests this way. Bringing more land into use or farming more intensively can also help, though care is needed not to damage the environment.
What is reducing food waste?Show answer
A large share of food is lost between farm and table, or wasted in homes. Reducing waste, through better storage, transport and packaging, and through people buying and throwing away less, means more of the food produced actually feeds people. It improves food security without needing to grow more.
What is helping people access food?Show answer
Because food security also depends on access, governments may help poorer people afford food, for example through support or by keeping prices stable, so that available food actually reaches everyone.
What is q1?Show answer
State two strategies a country can use to improve food security. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why importing food from many different countries improves food security. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain how vertical or rooftop farming helps a country with little farmland. [2 marks]
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