Food security

Being without access to reliable sufficient, affordable + nutritious food is the definition of...

• Food security

• Food insecurity

• Food production

What is a new technology that has helped make farming more efficient?

• Irrigation systems

• Hand sowing seeds

• Using a horse-drawn plough

Sub-Saharan Africa's food security is mainly under threat from?

• decreased temperatures and increasing rainfall

• increased temperatures and decreasing rainfall

• deforestation and increased temperatures

What percentage of Australian land is used for farming?

• 53%

• 78%

• 35%

The 2 main causes of food insecurity are...

• An increased population and a decreasing crop yield.

• Poverty and erosion

• War and an increasing aged population

Long periods of drought cause soil erosion, making it harder for plants to grow.

• True

• False

Which area of Africa has very low food security?

• Sub Saharan

• South Africa

• Kenya

How can armed conflict reduce food security?

• Erodes soil and reduces rainfall

• Disrupts food supply lines and removes farmers from their work

• Creates competition for land

To have food security, you must have:

• Food availability, food access, knowledge and resources

• Farms, workers and millions of dollars

• A Coles near where you live

People who rely on the production of a single crop are at greater risk of food insecurity

• True

• False