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- 6. In the _____, the long-growing season enables farmers to have 2 or 3 harvests in a year because the daily temperature range there is between 22oC and 32oC and its average annual rainfall is greater than 2,000 mm.
- 8. As the price of fertilisers increases, the cost of producing food will increase and hence the price of food will increase. To the ______, any increase in food prices may result in them being unable to afford enough food to meet their basic nutritional needs.
- 9. In Liberia, a state of emergency was declared in 2009 when invaded by millions of a new species of caterpillars known as the __________ , which devoured all plants and food crops in their path.
- 12. Eutrophication is the presence of excess chemical _________________that reach the rivers and they become nutrients for algae to grow on water surface.
- 13. Due to rapid ______ growth and increase in demand for food , countries have intensified food production to meet the demand.
- 14. Stockpiling is the setting aside and storage of food to ensure food security during ________________________ situations.
- 17. Food _________ exists when all people in an area are able to obtain sufficient quantities of safe and nutritious food at all times to meet their dietary needs.
- 18. The use of pesticides is necessary to fight the high level of damage done by ________ and weeds that frequently occurs when only a single crop covers a wide area.
- 19. The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that the glaciers are receding rapidly and could melt entirely by 2035. If this occurs, it would result in a loss of water during the ______ season, leading to smaller harvests for farmers.
- 20. in Sub-Saharan Africa, existing small land suitable for ___________ decline due to rising temperatures which pose threat to food production and food security in region.
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- 1. Stability of food supply of a country is affected by presence of ______________ barriers such as mountains and when the country has a lack of storage facilities.
- 2. Fertile soil found in floodplains along river, in deltas and near volcanoes because ______ from river and volcanic ash are deposited from time to time during river flooding and fresh volcanic ash during volcanic eruption.
- 3. Although temperature required for growth varies among crops, temperatures that regularly fall _____ 5oC make it difficult for crops to grow.
- 4. _______________ refers to large-scale farming and related business activities such as processing, packaging, distributing and retailing.
- 5. ASEAN Plus 3 Emergency Rice Reserve is a commitment from big rice producers such as __________, China and South Korea to supply rice for a reserve during times of disaster.
- 7. Commercial farming is characterised by large-scale production of crops for sale, grown on plantation, requires large __________ to buy machinery to increase production.
- 10. HYVs are improved strains of crops such as rice, wheat, other cereals that require more water and nutrients to grow within __________ growing season so that there can be more harvest in a year.
- 11. A gentle or flat relief is generally more productive for farming because__________ is less likely to run off in gentle slopes and easier to operate machines.
- 15. Crop ______ refers to the amount of crops produced on a unit area of farmland.
- 16. IR58, known as Super Rice, is __________to most pests and diseases and have a shorter growing period of 100 days so farmers in LDCs enjoy higher outputs.