Notes
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)