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Production
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Trade
Food security
Agriculture
100
The person or company that produces goods
What is a manufacturer or producer
100
What is the estimated population of the world by 2050?
9 Billion
100
Moving products to another country for the purpose of trade or sale
What is export
100
a food that makes up the dominant part of a population's diet.
What is a staple food?
100
Tundra, Savanna and Alpines
What are some of the world's Biomes?
200
The place where production takes place
What is a factory
200
Why do scientists believe climate change will have a negative effect on food production?
due to an increased incidence of extreme weather events and greater climatic variability.
200
to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing etc
What is importing?
200
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What is a crash crop?
200
an ancient farming technique where a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming
What is terracing
300
A shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
What is a sweatshop
300
Why can cash crops have negative effects?
monoculture (one crop) drains the soil of nutrients. problems if over supply of the cash crop - can't sell problems if price goes down - won't make as much money famrers can't use it to feed their family
300
A movement which strives for fair treatment for farmers, regarding the price for their products, the pay to their workers and/or environmentally-friendly practices
What is fair trade
300
a process that removes minerals from saline water
Desalination
300
the economic policy of restraining trade between countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, and a variety of other government regulations designed to allow (according to proponents) fair competition between imports and goods and services produced domestically
What is protectionist trade policies?
400
the lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement
What is minimum wage
400
What kind of crop is "coffee"?
cash crop
400
A treaty between two or more countries that do not impose tariffs for commerce conducted across their borders
What is a free trade agreement
400
a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology
What is globalisation?
400
What country is involved in widespread burning of tropical rainforests and peatlands to develop palm oil plantations and is one of the largest sources of carbon pollution today?
Indonesia
500
Taking advantage of others for selfish purposes
What is exploitation
500
Give 3 reasons why Australia imports food despite producing a food surplus (produces more food than it needs)
imports out of season foods imports for cultural diversity imports due to natural disasters imports due to crop failure
500
China, Japan and USA
What is Australia's 3 biggest trading partners?
500
The action of trading something illegally or being engaged in illegal commerce
What is trafficking?
500
the practice of producing food in vertically stacked layers, vertically inclined surfaces and/or integrated in other structures.
What is vertical farming?