Feeding the World’s People

Worked examples (8)

• 1Identify the four pillars of food security (4 marks)
• 2Distinguish undernutrition, malnutrition and hunger (3 marks)
• 3Contrast the Malthusian and Boserupian views (4 marks)
• 4Describe the global pattern of calorie supply (5 marks)
• 5Explain hidden hunger and the double burden (6 marks)
• 6Explain rising production versus rising demand (6 marks)
• 7Compare food security using the Global Hunger Index (5 marks)
• 8Assess the neo-Malthusian view today (6 marks)

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• 1State three physical causes of food supply inequality (3 marks)
• 2Distinguish food availability from food access (3 marks)
• 3Classify the causes of food supply inequality (4 marks)
• 4Explain how drought causes food supply inequality (4 marks)
• 5Explain how trade rules and subsidies cause inequality (6 marks)
• 6Explain why conflict drives modern famine (6 marks)
• 7Apply Sen's entitlement approach to famine (8 marks)
• 8Explain why famine is usually multi-causal (8 marks)

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Worked examples (8)

• 1Distinguish food security from food insecurity (3 marks)
• 2Identify the inputs of the Green Revolution (4 marks)
• 3Classify supply-side and demand-side strategies (3 marks)
• 4Green Revolution — successes and limitations (6 marks)
• 5How GM crops can improve food security (5 marks)
• 6Small-scale appropriate technology in LICs (6 marks)
• 7Reducing food waste as a demand-side strategy (6 marks)
• 8The food aid dependency debate (6 marks)

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• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 4 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 4 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 4 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 4 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 4 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 4 style