10. Resource Provision

10. Resource Provision

  • 10.1.1 Farming types: subsistence, commercial, arable, pastoral, mixed, aeroponics, aquaponics, hydroponics.

    10.1.2 Farming systems: inputs, processes, outputs.

  • 10.2.1 Global patterns of calorie intake and reasons for variations.

    10.2.2 The reasons for the changing global production and consumption of food.

    10.2.3 The strategies used to increase food supply.

    10.2.4 The reasons for the globalisation of food supplies.

    10.2.5 The impacts of the globalisation of food supplies.

  • 10.3.1 The human and natural factors negatively affecting food supply.

    10.3.2 The problems caused by food insecurity in countries at different levels of development.

    10.3.3 The strategies and techniques used to increase food supply.

    10.3.4 An evaluation of the role of food aid in improving food security.

    10.3.5 An evaluation of the strategies and techniques used to manage desertification and soil erosion; including sustainable.

    10.3.6 One detailed specific example of a named country or area to include:
    • factors affecting food supply
    • causes of food insecurity
    • problems caused by food insecurity
    • strategies and techniques used to increase food supply

  • 10.4.1 Types of energy:
    • renewable: biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric power (HEP), solar, tidal, wave, wind
    • non-renewable: fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil), nuclear
    • fuelwood, which can be either renewable or non-renewable.

  • 10.5.1 Reasons for the increasing global production and consumption of energy.

    10.5.2 The global patterns of energy surplus and deficit and the importance of energy security.

    10.5.3 The reasons for variations in types of energy used within a country and between countries at different levels of development.

  • 10.6.1 The advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources, including renewable and non‑renewable.

    10.6.2 The strategies and techniques used to increase energy supplies.

    10.6.3 An evaluation of the strategies and techniques used to manage energy supplies; including sustainable.

    10.6.4 One detailed specific example of a named country to include:
    • the energy mix
    • the impacts of the different types of energy being used
    • the strategies and techniques used to manage energy supplies; including sustainable.