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Resource reliance - Coggle Diagram
Resource reliance
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Food production
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Intensive farming
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Uses fertilisers and pesticides, less environmentally sustainable
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Very expensive, less economically sustainable
GM crops
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Crops can be designed to have higher yields, more resistance to weather, disease and pests
Increases food security, more socially sustainable
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Hydrophonics
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Less water is required, reduced risk of disease and pests, increases environmentaly sustainability
Very expensive, less socially sustainable
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Food security
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Access to food
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Less developed areas like Africa and Asia consume less food, more people suffer from hunger
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Theories about food
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Boserups's theory
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If supply became limited, people would develop new ways to increase production
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Bottum-up Approaches
Urban Gardens
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Add greenery to cities, more socially sustainable
Make urban areas less dependant on buying food from large scale agriculture, more economically sustainable
Permaculture
People are encouraged to grow their own food and change eating habits, and eating fewer animal products
Protects the soil and wildlife, so its environmentally sustainable.
Mixed cropping is used to grow mutiple crops in a location, less resources are needed, and it's more environmentally sustainable