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WorksheetsY12 Feeding the World's People
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which is not a factor which contributes to food security?
Availability
Affordability
Scarcity
Quality and Safety
Tick the two primary inputs of the agricultural system of food production.
Biophysical
Management
Human
Labour
What is a tariff?
The removal of import and export taxes
A form of tax placed on imported goods
A form of tax placed on exported goods
GST
What is one purpose of a tariff?
To encourage consumers to buy imported goods
To encourage consumers to buy local goods
To encourage the exporting and importing of goods
To artificially inflate the prices of local goods
What is not a purpose of a free trade agreement?
Encourage efficient production
To lower prices of goods for consumers
Strengthen alliances between countries & remove trade barriers
Encourage companies in sectors such as manufacturing to relocate jobs to countries with lower wages.
What 3 options would suit entitlement failure?
A decline in economic access to food
Rapid inflation due to food shortages
A strengthening in purchasing power
A collapse in purchasing power
Define undernourishment
A collapse in purchasing power, often created by shortages of food that cause prices increases.
Providing food and related assistance to tackle food hunger either in emergency situations or to achieve food security
Nutritional imbalance caused by a lack of nutrients to maintain a healthy life.
What is a yield?
A give way sign
The amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product
A rapid rise in inflation
The genetic revolution have allowed countries to increase yields. What are some positive of this?
Stockpiling for times of crisis such as natural disaster
More crop cycles are possible
Greater resistance to ecological hazards such as pests and disease
Increased pesticide and fertiliser use
What is the name of Brazil's conditional cash transfer programme?
Bolsa Enamorada
Bolsa Familia
Bolsa Papá
Bolsa Sicario
Which country is the largest by population in South America?
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Columbia
In 2011, how many Brazilian people faced some degree of food insecurity?
25 million
66 million
37 million
128 million
What area of Brazil experiences the highest amount of population with food insecurity?
Urban areas near the coast
Northern and North-eastern areas
Southern areas
Western areas
In 2003 Brazil commenced what program?
Comida Para Sempre (Food Forever)
Comida Zero (Zero Food)
Inundação de Comida (Flood of Food)
Fome Zero (Zero Hunger)
Why is simply providing the opportunity to earn higher incomes not enough to reduce undernourishment and poverty? Multi answer.
The issue of undernourishment and malnutrition isn't addressed.
Undernourishment equals low productivity and knowledge retention
Families in rural poverty are usually large, young and unable to achieve long term goals due to focusing on primary concerns.
