Food Geography Gateway 1

Which of the following is an indicator of development?

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita

• Adult Literacy Rate

• Life Expectancy

• All of the above

Which of the following is an LDC?

• South Korea

• Japan

• Bangladesh

• Singapore

All of the following are ways of measuring food consumption except

• average amount of food consumed per person per year

• starchy staples as a percentage of total calories

• amount of dairy products consumed

• daily calorie intake

Which of the following statement is incorrect?

• DCs generally have higher daily calorie intake than LDCs.

• LDCs have an increasing trend of consumption of non-staple food.

• More people in DCs are having more awareness and preferring organic food.

• There is generally higher consumption of meat in LDCs compared to DCss.

Which of the following are economic factors influencing food consumption patterns in DCs and LDCs?

• food preferences

• disposable income

• pricing

• population growth

"From 2006 to 2008, due to the sharp increase in food prices, many people in LDCs found themselves unable to afford staple food anymore. " This is because...

• people in LDCs chose less expensive options instead

• people in LDCs have less disposable income than most people in DCs

• governments fail to regulate the food prices in the market

• people in LDcs generally spend a higher percentage of their income on food

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of organic food?

• produced with organic or natural fertilisers, with no chemicals

• tends to have a smaller crop output as farmers do not use chemicals to increase productivity

• perceived to be an unhealthy source compared to non-organic food

• more expensive due to higher cost of production

Which of the following could affect stability of food supply?

• Severe drought in Zimbabwe in 2008 (croplands and rural areas get damaged and affected)

• Civil War in Libya in April 2011 (croplands gets damaged and people run away)

• Outbreak of Covid-19 in 2019 (affected imports and exports with closure of borders)

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a method adopted by the Singapore government to ensure food stability?

• Food diversification - import from various sources of countries

• Research in new breeding programmes

• Restricting food imports from countries which had nuclear contamination

• Improving high-yield technology used in high-tech farms

Which of the following is an impact of low food consumption?

• starvation

• malnutrition

• food riots and protests

• low economic productivity