Agriculture and Food Security Review

These flashcards cover key concepts related to agriculture, food security, and associated inequalities discussed in the lecture notes.

Food Insecurity

The condition in which individuals do not have sufficient food to maintain an active and healthy life.

Sustainable Agriculture

Farming practices that meet current food needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Nomadic Herding

Animal based diet, low rainfall, low population density, highly mobile, widely spaced, low quality/quantity, forage for animals, genetic evolution of pastoralism created dehydration resistance

Slash and Burn Agriculture (Swidden Ag)

Nutrient pulse 10-20 years. Requires 20-30 year fallow period. requires low population density 10/km

Undernourishment

<1800 Kcal/day. inhibits growth, daily function, immune response. 673mil world wide in 2024 thats 8.2%

Agricultural Suitability

The capacity of land to support agricultural production based on various environmental factors.

Chronic Hunger

The long-term state of inadequate food intake to meet energy needs for daily activities.

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)

A specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Global Inequalities

Disparities in food access, agriculture, and nutrition among different regions and populations worldwide.

Photosynthesis

Is essential to life on earth and food production

global food insecurity is NOT equal

55% in Asia, 38% in Africa, <2.5% in North America and Europe

Nomadic Herding Constraints

Factors that limit productivity in nomadic herding, such as low rainfall and limited grazing land.

Food Origins

mainly tropical! bc biodiversity

environmental constraints of agriculture

cropland is concentrated in temperate areas