Edexcel A2 Unit 4 | Life on the Margins: The Food Supply Problem | Discussion

Has anybody got any good case studies and information to share?

I've got this nasty one. Its from Al-Jaazera talking about insects and how it could help food security.

[h="1"]Insects[/h]What?
o 1900 edible insects around the world
o Play major in food security
o 1/3 already eating insects
o Provides 40 tons of food to every human
Food Security?
o Very efficient
o Convert 2kg of feed into 1kg insect feed
o Whereas cattle need 8kg of feed to produce 1kg of beef
o Would be able to feed the world and reduce hunger
Benefits
o Rich in protein and minerals à Some have more than beef and fish
o They are good in reproducing
o Not damage environment
o They process waste
o Don’t need field to graze à rainforests
Costs
o In the west they are delicacies
o But not easy to make people eat them
o UN says big step to start farming industrial scale
o Food industry need to create appetising recipes to break down people suspicion
Sustainable?
o Yes
o But industrial production could create problems - pollution due to high mass consumption

Hey that's in interesting case study for increasing food security but unless you term it as moving to alternative food sources and focus more on whether doing that is sustainable it won't be beneficial for the report which is looking for the sustainability of different strategies that have attempted or could attempt to increase food supply.

Hope that helps!

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Yeah I would think it'd be better to use one also. I find the stool of sustainability better to work with as I can analyse my case studies against each 'leg' (enviro, soc & economic) to see the different degrees of sustainability

I'm really scared about the question they would ask!! From the pre release does anyone think they might ask on urban and rural techniques? But they don't really state in the pre release

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I'm really scared about the question they would ask!! From the pre release does anyone think they might ask on urban and rural techniques? But they don't really state in the pre release

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my teacher gave us a list of questions the geography department thought could come up and it hasn't said anything about urban/rural although it does suggest scales

Will you write out the diagram in your intro, or indicate in some way that you are using that to analyse each method?

Would you mind sharing the list? That would be nice! Lucky you have a geography department, our department consists of a very busy and stressed teacher

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does anyone know where i can find an example report that's even slightly relevant to the pre release?

does anyone know where i can find an example report that's even slightly relevant to the pre release?

hmm well make sure you cover everything you say in the intro/ methodology in your analysis. also mention the models and theories in explanations. if you have any extra info you can add to a case study that will look good, for example ... Study carried out Dr Stanley Ewen of cambridge university shows possible link between growth of malignant tumours and GM rice crop. remember you get marks for reasearch, so if it looks like you have done a lot of in depth research it will look smart

is Ewens comment accurate?

How are you guys going to lay out the report?

I'm thinking of using a global, national and local scale. I'm going to use Green Revolution, Aquaculture, Cuban Organic Farming, great green wall and Money maker pumps.

I'm basically using the Sustainability vent diagram to evaluate all case studies, to say whether they are sustainable (socially, Economically and environmentally).

The pre-release also states increasing demand, so in the intro I would say increasing population, changing in tastes and standard of living are leading to more demand for food. Although my case studies dont explicitly address increasing food production for supplies, the Great Green Wall indirectly addresses rising demands as soil in the Northern regions of China need to be fertile to provide for local demand.

Can anyone say whether I'm on the right track because I'm really confused and scared...