Food Production (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Study Fig. 3.1, which shows changes in China’s grain production, 1949-2015.

Fig. 3.1

Using Fig. 1 only, describe how the amount of grain produced in China has changed between 1949 and 2015. 

Study Fig.1, which shows an agricultural system.

Complete Fig. 1 by adding each of the following examples in the correct column

fertilising                        seeds                  animals for sale

Fig. 6.1 shows an agricultural system in Madagascar.

Fig 6.1

Which of the following terms describes the agricultural system in Fig. 6.1? Tick one box below.

Describe the natural problems which cause food shortages.

Figs. 5.1 and 5.2 are photographs which show two rural areas in Madagascar.

Fig 5.1

Fig 5.2

(i)

Look at the agriculture shown in Fig. 5.1. Which two of the following terms describes this agricultural system? Tick two boxes.

[2]

(ii)

Using evidence from Fig. 5.1 only, explain how soil erosion has been prevented in this area.

[3]

Increasing food supply can be done by increasing the area of cultivation or by making agriculture more intensive. Fig. 6.1 below describes some of these methods.

Fig 6.1

Using information from Fig. 6.1 only, describe:

(i)

two ways of increasing the area cultivated;
1 ........................................................................................
2 ........................................................................................

[2]

(ii)

two ways of making agriculture more intensive.

1...............................................................................................
2 ..............................................................................................

[2]

Fig 5.2

People living in the area shown on Fig. 5.2 have used the land to increase their food supply. Using evidence from Fig. 5.2 only, describe how this has been done.