Land for food production can be, but sometimes isn’t, used sustainably and there are a range of factors that influence the extent of this.
Around the world the suitability of land for food production differs and this can lead to conflict between groups of people.
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Lessons
1 | Farming systems and sustainability | ||||||
2 | Sustainability in food production | ||||||
3 | Food production systems case studies | ||||||
4 | Food choices in societies | ||||||
5 | Increasing sustainability in food production |
Practicals
- Use secondary data to evaluate the relative environmental impacts of two named food production systems.
Essay Task
“Compare the sustainability of a named commercial farming system and a named subsistence farming system.” [9 marks]
The essay should marked using the Paper 2, Section B essay markbands.
Google Docs Version
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Open the link and make a copy to your own drive. The doc can easily be shared as an “Assignment” on Google Classroom.
A markbands rubric designed for Google Classroom is available here.