Food security
when food is available for all individuals in a population to a sufficient, nutritious and safe food that supports a healthy active life.
2 reasons for food insecurity
Drought, flooding
War conflicts
Poor farming techniques - depleted nutrients in soil
Poverty - can’t import resources
How can climate change cause food insecurity?
It can cause crop failure and death of livestock
How can war cause food insecurity?
It can drive off farmers from land which decreases yield
How can poor farming techniques cause food insecurity?
Depletion of nutrients
Overuse of water can kill crops
Graph on test- trend production, yield, and area of land being used
production and yield - decrease
are usage - increase
Crop depletion
Drought - crop death
Bad farming - nutrient depletion
Increase of pests - damage crops
3 reasons for energy insecurity
Population growth - requires more energy
Supply disruption - can’t produce energy
Natural disasters on energy infrastructure
Oil and coal decrease
Fossil fuels depletion
Moving away from fossil fuels due to climate change
Why would hydropower decrease?
Harmful to aquatic life
The impact of blocking rivers
waterways already being used