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Food Resources and Security

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How can the world feed a growing population securely without exhausting the land, water and ecosystems farming depends on?

Explain how food security can be achieved sustainably, balancing production against environmental limits
A focused answer to the O-Level Geography outcome on sustainable food security. Sustainable farming methods, reducing food waste, improving access and trade, technology and high-tech farming, and Singapore's local production goal, balancing yields against environmental limits, with a worked walkthrough.
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Why do food shortages happen, and what are their effects on people and countries?

Explain the causes and effects of food shortages
A focused answer to the O-Level Geography outcome on food shortages. The physical causes (drought, floods, pests, climate change), human causes (conflict, poverty, poor distribution, rising demand), and the effects on people and countries, with a worked walkthrough and named examples.
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What physical and human factors affect how much food a place can produce and obtain?

Explain the physical and human factors that affect food supply
A focused answer to the O-Level Geography outcome on food supply. The physical factors (climate, soil, water, relief) and human factors (technology, money, transport, government, conflict) that affect how much food a place can produce and obtain, with a worked walkthrough.
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How can the world produce more food to feed a growing population?

Describe the strategies used to increase food production and their advantages and drawbacks
A focused answer to the O-Level Geography outcome on increasing food production. Strategies including the Green Revolution, irrigation, fertilisers and high-yield crops, mechanisation, biotechnology and farming new land, with their advantages and drawbacks, and a worked walkthrough.
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What does food security mean, and why is having enough food produced not the whole story?

Explain what food security means and describe its main dimensions
A focused answer to the O-Level Geography outcome on food security. What food security means, its dimensions (availability, access, utilisation, stability), the difference between security and self-sufficiency, and why availability alone is not enough, with a worked walkthrough.
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