Chapter Questions
Explain the basis for the expectation that world population will out grow food production in the near future. What might lead you to think this will not happen?
Famines can be local or widespread. Explain how this can happen.
Describe the basic concepts behind the Green Revolution. Are these concepts still useful today? Explain.
Giving examples from this and other chapters, explain how land tenure can dramatically affect a farmers well being and food production.
Explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable agricultural inputs.
Explain the roles of education in providing increases in food and food security.
Explain how governmental interventions can either increase or decrease food availability and security.
Discuss renewable inputs and organic agriculture describing how the two are similar and the ways in which they are different.
In most places in the world population is increasing. However, in some places it is or will be decreasing. Describe these places and explain the effects of this decrease on food production.
What are germplasm banks and how are they important in terms of food security?