Food production case studies

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Glebe farm (food production)

Background info:

Arable farm

Lincolnshire, UK

Commercial farm

Input:

120 hectares of land

Rains every month

2 tractors

Seed drill

Rent a combine harvester

Temperature above 6 C

Processes:

Jan-Feb: preparation

March-April: plant seeds

May: herbicides, pesticides

June-September: harvesting

October-November: ploughing

December: resting period

Outputs:

Wheat (11 plots)

Sugar beet (3 plots)

Sprouts/peas (2)

Strawberries/raspberries (Pick Your Own)

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Darfur (food shortages)

Background info:

Sudan, Africa

Widespread food shortages

In 2011, Sudan split into North and South

Arabs vs Africans civil war

Causes:

Second civil war --> people

2009 - Sudan in need of international aid

Nile goes though the East of Sudan

North - Libyan desert, no rainfall for up to 4 years

Impacts:

1.5 mln people in drought conditions

Illegal camps set up (no water, sanitation, disease spread)

Government doesn't allow food aid in (wants people to farm on their own)

People scared to return home (war zone)