YOUR TASK

In your groups, detail the life of the potato chips. How did the potato chip get to your table? Where did it originate from? Who has contact with its contents before reaching you?

The real life

Questions to ponder
Do you tend to think where do your food ingredients come from? Do you tend to think who produces the food and who works on the farms? Why do you think it is a good idea to have these ideas about your food? Why is it uncommon to know about these things?

The rice that I yang ku suap Ini nasi eat

Angin kencang the sun of khatulistiwa Strong winds and mentari the archipelago Scorch the baskets of the farmers on the Membakar raga petani di sawah field The heat, the dan tenaga masuk a part Panas hujanrain and effort also playkira So the rice that I ku is a mixture of all these Dan nasi yang eat makan campuran dari semua
So what I swallowed did not come from dari padi Jadi yang ku telan bukan berasal padi But from the veins and nerves, the whole farmer Tapi dari urat dari nadi seluruh Pak Tani

Contrasting forms of food production

Objective

Explain the factors that affect the intensity of food production.

PHYSICAL FACTORS ECONOMIC FACTORS SOCIAL FACTORS POLITICAL FACTORS

TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS

Why intensify food production?

Growing world population

Fears of insufficient food supply

Limited arable lands

Find other ways to grow more crops on same piece of

land by having more cycles of planting and harvesting

What is productivity?

Amount of produce obtained from a unit of land or manpower Measured in terms of

Labour per unit area Output per unit area

Labour per unit area

The number of people working on a unit area of land FEWER WORKERS are required to produce the same amount of food on the same area of land = Productivity is higher

Output per unit area

The amount of food produced on a unit area of land with a certain number of workers A HIGHER OUTPUT produced compared to another piece of land with the same area and number of workers

High Tech Farming vs Shifting Cultivation

Which has higher productivity? High tech farming has higher productivity

with automation, fewer workers are needed high yield through the use of technology

High Tech Farming vs Shifting Cultivation

Which has lower productivity? Shifting cultivation has lower productivity

no intention to protect and nourish the land for longterm farming each harvest gets smaller compared to the previous one

CHECKPOINT 1
What is the difference between intensification and productivity?

Greater intensity of land use results in higher productivity

George Washington Carver

Born a slave in 1864 At age of 13, he left home in search of an education Became a scientist who sought answers to make farming a possibility for black farmers Worked with peanuts, cowpeas and sweet potatoes

A letter from a farmer

Dere Dr Carver, I bin folloring the things I herd you say last planting time. I give my cow more corn, less cottonseed and my crme chirns mo better butter. Im riting to you today, Sir, jes to tell you at I furtulize: 800 pounds to the acur las March. Come harves, well it were a bumpercrop. How did you found out you could use swamp mock? I presheate your anser Dr Carver by mail soon. What maid my cotton grow? It do fele grate to see the swet off your brow com to bloom. I want to now what maid my miricle. Your humbel servint, xxxxx

Task
Read up on how the different factors affect intensity of food production. Construct a summary of these factors onto an A3 paper for reference. Make annotations on your notes to clarify key concepts or questions you have on these factors.