DP Geography Questionbank

Outline two changes in calorie consumption in poor countries from 1970 to 2000.

Outline two differences between calorie consumption in rich countries and poor countries in 2000.

To what extent are food availability, malnutrition and diseases of poverty connected with one another?

Suggest one advantage and two disadvantages of using food miles as an indicator of the environmental impacts associated with food production.

Describe the trends in food aid between 2000 and 2011.

Explain two possible disadvantages of food aid for a community that is currently experiencing food shortages.

(i) Define the term food miles.

(ii) State the fruit or vegetable that ranks sixth in terms of the highest number of food miles.

(iii) Estimate the average (mean) food miles for the fruit and vegetables shown in the graph above.

“Food miles are an excellent indicator of the environmental impact of agriculture.” Discuss this statement.

Examine the strengths and limitations of the energy efficiency ratio as an indicator of sustainable agriculture.

Briefly outline what is meant by the term “food security”.

Outline one way in which the health of a population can be affected by chronic hunger.

To what extent were physical factors responsible for one recent famine?

Examine the impacts of international trade agreements and trade barriers on the availability of food in some countries.

Explain how one environmental factor and one political factor can lead to a decline in food production.