Faaria Rizvi
Sustainability of food Practice Questions
1. A) Explain what the term ‘food security’ means. (2 marks)
Food security is the ability of people to buy enough safe, nutritious and affordable high
quality food.
B) Explain what ‘sustainable food production’ means. (2 marks)
Producing food in a way that can be maintained over a long period of time and that protects
the environment.
C) Illustrate or suggest ways that the Fairtrade foundation helps food producers.
(2 marks)
The Fairtrade foundation helps food producers by: making sure that the farmers and their
workers get paid better and fairer prices for crops and labour. It also makes sure that the
workers and farmers have decent working and living conditions. It also promotes
sustainable food production so that the local environment can be improved.
2. Summarise, giving reasons and examples, why the sustainability of food production
is important for the future of global food security. (10 marks)
The sustainability of food production is important for future global food security because if
the food production is not sustainable, then the food resources will run out so that the
people in the future would not have food to eat or will not have food security such as if
fishes are caught unsustainably then all the by-catch, younger fishes would not be able to
grow (reducing the number of adult fish available to lay eggs and reproduce) to provide
food for the future. Next, if plants and animal diversity are not protected then food
production will depend on only a few types for the future, lowering the food security
because these plants and animals could become diseased and there would be nothing to
replace them with. This would also harm the natural ecology as it would disrupt the food
chain cycle because it could lead to overhunting of the specific animal. Sustainability of food
production is also important for future food security because if natural resources such as
land or water supply are wasted then the lands for example might run out nutrients for
future plant growth such as in intensive farming which causes the land to lose its minerals
quicker than they can be replenished. This would mean that the land would then have to be
wasted( as nothing would be able to grow on it) or the plants would have little nutrition in
them- damaging the food security. Lack of sustainable food production could also contribute
to the emission of greenhouse gases, which would cause the world to warm up, destroying
many planting fields as it could cause extreme weather such as droughts. It could also cause
forest fires and floods to occur, which would further remove grazing fields for animals and
planting areas- impacting on the future global food security.
Sustainability of food Practice Questions
1. A) Explain what the term ‘food security’ means. (2 marks)
Food security is the ability of people to buy enough safe, nutritious and affordable high
quality food.
B) Explain what ‘sustainable food production’ means. (2 marks)
Producing food in a way that can be maintained over a long period of time and that protects
the environment.
C) Illustrate or suggest ways that the Fairtrade foundation helps food producers.
(2 marks)
The Fairtrade foundation helps food producers by: making sure that the farmers and their
workers get paid better and fairer prices for crops and labour. It also makes sure that the
workers and farmers have decent working and living conditions. It also promotes
sustainable food production so that the local environment can be improved.
2. Summarise, giving reasons and examples, why the sustainability of food production
is important for the future of global food security. (10 marks)
The sustainability of food production is important for future global food security because if
the food production is not sustainable, then the food resources will run out so that the
people in the future would not have food to eat or will not have food security such as if
fishes are caught unsustainably then all the by-catch, younger fishes would not be able to
grow (reducing the number of adult fish available to lay eggs and reproduce) to provide
food for the future. Next, if plants and animal diversity are not protected then food
production will depend on only a few types for the future, lowering the food security
because these plants and animals could become diseased and there would be nothing to
replace them with. This would also harm the natural ecology as it would disrupt the food
chain cycle because it could lead to overhunting of the specific animal. Sustainability of food
production is also important for future food security because if natural resources such as
land or water supply are wasted then the lands for example might run out nutrients for
future plant growth such as in intensive farming which causes the land to lose its minerals
quicker than they can be replenished. This would mean that the land would then have to be
wasted( as nothing would be able to grow on it) or the plants would have little nutrition in
them- damaging the food security. Lack of sustainable food production could also contribute
to the emission of greenhouse gases, which would cause the world to warm up, destroying
many planting fields as it could cause extreme weather such as droughts. It could also cause
forest fires and floods to occur, which would further remove grazing fields for animals and
planting areas- impacting on the future global food security.
