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THESIS: It is debatable that future global populations will have enough…
THESIS: It is debatable that future global populations will have enough food
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Big Ideas in question
Population Growth:
Describe: projected to reach 9-10 billion by 2050...; mainly in developing countries
Explain population growth: High fertility rates (access to contraption, cultural reasons) + reduced mortality rates (reasons)
Food Security; Exists when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food meet their dietry needs and food prefences for an active and healthy life...
Not all biomes are suitable for food production
Describe how much land is available for agriculture; which biomes; how do spheres interact? What climate conditions are neccessary?
Refer to maps
Climate change may make some biomes suitable
What is climate - Explain how it occurs - which biomes and what possible changes
Humans are able to increase food production
The Green Revolution: we have been able to respond to population pressure in the past
Describe the Green Revolution: what were the pressures and where?
Explain the Green Revolution: 4 factors - innovation, science, changing the agricultural system, agribusiness
What were the outcomes?
Innovations haven't always been successful
The Green Revolution - produce from genetically modified grains were low in minerals and vitamins; Some technoques led to land degredation...
Current agriculture is reducing the amount of fertile land
Desertification
There will be many future challenges to food production
Climate Change, desertification, fossil fuels, scarce phosphate
We can Innovate...
FOR
AGAINST
WE WILL BE ABLE TO FEED FUTURE GLOBAL POPULATIONS