Food Production (CIE IGCSE Geography)

For a named country or region you have studied, describe the effects of food shortages and the solutions being used to tackle them

Describe and explain the benefits and disadvantages of solutions to food shortages. 

For a named country or region you have studied, explain how natural factors have caused food shortages.

Name of country or region ..............................................

For a named country or area you have studied, explain the causes of food shortages.

Name of country or area .............................

For an example you have studied, describe and explain the land use of a farm or agricultural area.

Name of farm or agricultural area ...............................

Study Fig. 5.1, which shows information about agriculture in Pakistan, an LEDC in Asia.

Explain why many farmers in LEDCs, such as Pakistan, are subsistence farmers.

Study Figs. 6.1 and 6.2, which are photographs of a commercial farm.

Explain two factors which are likely to affect the way in which the farmer uses the land on the farm shown in Figs. 6.1 and 6.2.

Study Fig. 5.1, which is a photograph of an area where subsistence farming takes place.

Explain why many farmers in LEDCs are subsistence farmers.

Study Fig. 6.3, which shows recommendations which agricultural experts have given to subsistence farmers 

Fig. 6.3

Describe other methods farmers in LEDCs can use to increase their agricultural output.

Study Fig. 6.3, which shows information about grain production in Brazil between 1990 and 2014.

Suggest how farmers were able to increase the production of grain in Brazil between 1990 and 2014.