Food Predicament
Name
Crystal Zamora
Chapter 4 - Homework Assignment 1
The People-Food Predicament
A. Short-Answer Questions: 1. List three factors largely responsible for the significant increase in North American food production since the end of World War II.
a. Population Growth
b, Rising personal income
c.
2. Describe the trends in world food production vis-a-vis population growth from 1950 to the present.
There is more people to supply food than before.
3. To what extent does expanding the amount of land under cultivation offer hope for significantly increasing world food supply? Why?
To permit unproductive lands to be farmed, making it possible to raise two to three crops a year on the same land.
4. List four reasons for the loss of currently productive agricultural land.
a. erosion
b. desertification
c. salinization
d. water-logging
5. What factors make it unlikely that ocean fish harvests can be increased substantially above present levels?
Large predator fish, overexploitation by industrial fishing fleets has reduced stocks of some species.
6. List several changes in food-handling practices that poor countries could implement to prevent loss of harvested crops.
Store grains in bins that may not be easily penetrated, have good refrigeration and have reliable transport for the food.
7. To what extent can "eating lower on the food chain" help to solve problems of world hunger?
It will help until the population grows more and going vegetarian would not be possible.
8. Why are a number of relatively affluent countries purchasing farmland in other nations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such purchases for the host country?
Because of the productive soil their food will grow much better in each different region. Some advantages might be that they will have that food available for the consumers and some disadvantages might be that there is a climate
Crystal Zamora
Chapter 4 - Homework Assignment 1
The People-Food Predicament
A. Short-Answer Questions: 1. List three factors largely responsible for the significant increase in North American food production since the end of World War II.
a. Population Growth
b, Rising personal income
c.
2. Describe the trends in world food production vis-a-vis population growth from 1950 to the present.
There is more people to supply food than before.
3. To what extent does expanding the amount of land under cultivation offer hope for significantly increasing world food supply? Why?
To permit unproductive lands to be farmed, making it possible to raise two to three crops a year on the same land.
4. List four reasons for the loss of currently productive agricultural land.
a. erosion
b. desertification
c. salinization
d. water-logging
5. What factors make it unlikely that ocean fish harvests can be increased substantially above present levels?
Large predator fish, overexploitation by industrial fishing fleets has reduced stocks of some species.
6. List several changes in food-handling practices that poor countries could implement to prevent loss of harvested crops.
Store grains in bins that may not be easily penetrated, have good refrigeration and have reliable transport for the food.
7. To what extent can "eating lower on the food chain" help to solve problems of world hunger?
It will help until the population grows more and going vegetarian would not be possible.
8. Why are a number of relatively affluent countries purchasing farmland in other nations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such purchases for the host country?
Because of the productive soil their food will grow much better in each different region. Some advantages might be that they will have that food available for the consumers and some disadvantages might be that there is a climate