Chapter 8 paragraph 3: food on earth

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

At the end of this lesson

you can explain the effects of globalisation on the production of food

What did you eat last night?

19th century: locally grown food

• Food mostly from the Netherlands
• Farmers had mixed farms: crops and livestock
• Sheep grazed on the land during the day. The dung was used to make the land fertile. 
• The food chain was in the area around the farm. Farmers were self-sufficient. Products were sold close to home and the cattle lived of off local produce. 

Nowadays there is no such thing as a mixed farm anymore. Why not?

Globalisation

• Food production changed strongly
• As much produce as you can make for the smallest amount of money possible
• This is only possible because of specialization and economies of scale

Globalisation in the agriculture

• You can find this everywhere in the supermarket
• f.e.: green beans from Marocco, chicken nuggets from Thailand, beef from Australia, clementines from Spain. 
• Tip: watch 'gefileerd' on NPO. A great documentary on where our food is from.

There is enough food on earth to feed everyone. Why is there then a food crisis?

Food crisis

1. World population is growing rapidly. More and more food is needed.
2. The distribution of food is unequal.
3. The rise in welfare causes a change in eating habits.
4. Rich countries want to change to sustainable energy (bio-ethanol)

Measures/solutions

• The Green Revolution
• Awareness of food consumption (vegetarian, biological, locally grown food)

To work

This week: read paragraph 3

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