ESS - Topic 5.2 - Inequality in food distribution

Which statement best compares which rice production system is more efficient?
Extensive rice production in S.E. Asia: Energy inputs = 1.03 Mcal per ha and energy outputs as food = 7.30 Mcal per ha
Intensive rice production in the US: Energy inputs = 14.4 Mcal per ha and energy outputs as food = 22.4 Mcal per ha

• Extensive rice production is more efficient due to lower inputs are needed to produce higher outputs

• Extensive rice production is more efficient as it uses lower inputs

• Intensive rice production is more efficient as it produces more food energy

• Intensive rice production is more efficient due to it having higher inputs and outputs

Which option correctly lists these countries from eating the least meat to most per person?

• China, India, USA, UK

• India, China, UK, USA

• India, UK, China, USA

• China, India, UK, USA

Which example of improving food sustainability prevents soil loss by erosion?

• Plant hedge rows (windbreaks) to absorb nutrient run-off

• Reduce food waste in storage and point of sale

• Genetically modify seeds to improve production

• East less meat

Which farming system has a relatively high efficiency and lower environmental impact when compared to other farming systems?

• Rice padi cultivation integrated into polycultures

• Intensive greenhouse horticulture

• Dairy farming

• Extensive grain farming as monocultures

Which of the following answers best describes subsistence agriculture/farming?

• Farming that relies on government subsidies in order to make an economic profit

• Products that are solely for sale in an open market

• Farming for self-sufficiency to grow enough for a family

The correct order of county's per capita calories consumption from highest to lowest is:

• Germany, Saudi Arabia, China, Madagascar, Indonesia, India

• Germany, Saudi Arabia, China, Indonesia, India, Madagascar

• China, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, India, Madagascar

• Germany, China, Saudi Arabia, India, Indonesia, Madagascar

Which part of the world has been responsible for the largest increase in grain production in the last 50 years?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Americas

What is the main reason for famine, malnutrition and hunger in the world?

• Crop failure due to global warming

• World food production cannot meet the world's populations demand

• Developed countries are eating too much meat

• Unequal distribution of food

What part of the world produces the most grains?

• Asia

• Europe

• Americas

• Africa

Which farming system makes use of low technology inputs and produces relatively large outputs per hectare?

• Daily farming in Germany

• Rice padi cultivation in South East Asia

• Intensive greenhouse horticulture in the Neatherlands

• Grain farming in the Canadian prairies