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Thesis: Although ensuring food security is difficult, it is understood it…
Thesis: Although ensuring food security is difficult, it is understood it may be plausible
We are running out of resources( nutrients, coal)
Biomes
- Biomes are thought to become infertile due to climate change.
- Climate change may increase temperatures, decreasing soil fertility and provoking the hunger cycle. Over time, due to a lot of damage, it is predicted biospheres may change
- Give further information on biomes. ( Biomes have 4 spheres which are interconnected and dependant on each other, explain the biomes which are food-producing)
- An increase in climate change may melt the permafrost from the tundra biome, making the tundra biome avaliable for usage
Resources
- Nutrients (Potassium, nitrogen ) is vital for plant growth. They help with the process of photosynthesis etc. Give background information on these elements
- Nitrogen cycle occurs ( plants use minerals and later decompose). Overuse of nutrients depletes nutrients
- Phosphorous is thought to last for 35-400 years. Provide more statistics
- If nutrients deplete, plants cannot be grown
- Coal and Oil form a fuel for harvesting, although coal + oil is depleting. The depletion of these resources will make farming less productive and slower
Land Degredation is caused by overuse of land, to a point where soil may become infertile
- Provide statistics on the rate of land degradation/year
- Land degradation predominantly occurs in poverty-stricken areas due to intense agriculture for the need of a larger food supply
- Lack of land will lower the amount of food production, lowering food security
Climate change is increasing, reducing food production and biomes
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- Provide background information on climate change.
- Climate change is mostly created by global warming
- Provide info on places where climate change is largely recognised
- Provide information on increase of CO2 and Methane is seen which may negatively affect plants
Science and Innovation
- The green revolution used science and innovation and it was created under pressure. Innovation such as genetic modification, selective breeding has allowed us to increase food production *
- Provide statistics on the poorer countries, which lack in food security ( India ) before the revolution. Provide a claim on the end result of the revolution on India.
- Explain the 4 factors which increased food production (agribusiness, increasing land area, science and innovation, changing the system). Agribusiness ( Norman Bourlag initiated the revolution and was supported). Link this information to the present( we use these factors and increase food production)
- Give background information (where, why, positive impacts). (Norman Bourlag initiated the revolution, the revolution was created under pressure when many did not have access to food, it started in Mexico and India in the 1940's, 1960's)
- East timor is utilizing several methods to increase production
- Several organizations, one including WorldVision is teaching tips to increase food production to the poverty-stricken people in East Timor
- Crop rotations is a method to stop the depletion of nutrients
- Marketing techniques is an example where farmers can increasr tthe amount of crops sold
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- Include statistics on the increase of donations and organizations to improve food security. Explain how food security can/will increase if more organisations can improve awarness on methods/science
- Talk about innovation in general. Innovation is the reason why we have maintained the population in previous occassions.
- Provide examples on innovation which allowed us to increase food production. Irrigation- sprinklers, harvesters, selective breeding etc.
- Innovation which may not be related to food production may still allow us to maintain the population. This is seen in the industrial revolution . The creation of medicine, transport etc. allowed us to maintain and grow the population
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