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Food - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Socio-cultural
        
        Religious Beliefs – Affect food choice
        
        Food Preferences – Fast Food prepared quickly, Organic Food – no artificial stuff, healthier
        
        Migration – Introducing new food to new places – can result in new demand for different food preferences
        
        Population Growth – Higher in LDCs than DCs due to higher birth rates and the need for farm labour = so greater demand for food in LDCs than DCs
        
        Changing Diets – Diets increase in variety to incorporate food from other regions and countries
      - Political
        
        Stability of Food Prices
        
        Needs the government to take action to ensure food stability •Increasing food production
        
        a)Improving technology to increase crop yields
        
        b)Increasing use of agricultural land by turning more land to farming Yet hampered in LDCs due to lack of technology, finances = less food stable
        
        DCs have greater access to technology, finances = more food stable •Increasing food import
        
        Food safety
        
        System that provides guidelines & ensures proper handling, preparation, storage of food to prevent food-borne diseases & removing foods from shelves after sell by dates
      - Economic
        
        Disposable Income
        
        more disposable income means more purchasing power to consume a larger amount and variety of food.
        
        Pricing
        
        LDCs have less disposable income than DCs so they are more affacted by Pricing then DCs
    - - Food consumption per capita
      - Daily calorie intake
      - Starchy food staples as a percentage of all calorie intake