Sustainable food supplies

Reducing Food Waste:

• Developed nations waste a lot of food. Buying only the food that
is needed is more sustainable as there is more food left to feed
others
Urban Farming
• Growing food using space in and around citie
• They can produce more food than equivalent farm area
• This also reduces food miles, better for environmen
Organic farming
• Uses natural methods to grow foo
• Yields of crops are initially low, but increase over time until they
are in line with inorganic crop
• This is also environmentally sustainabl
Sustainable sh and meat supplies
• This involves catching fewer sh, these include having better net
designs and using traditional shing method
• Sustainable meat production involves using grass as animal
feed
Permaculture
• Farming in a sustainable and self-suf cient manner

Case study: Keny

Where is Makueni
Makueni is a region in the southern part of Kenya. This is a country
in eastern Africa
Name of the programme
The Makueni food and water security programme
What food do they grow in Makueni
Beans and maiz
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What problems do they face growing food in Kenya

It is hot and dry in that region
Explain 3 ways this programme is increasing sustainable food
supplies
• Planting trees to stabilise the soil reducing erosion
• Educating farmers about crops that grow well in Kenya’s climat
• Just a Drop charity is helping the region as it is poor
How do we know it is working
Crop yields increase and diseases have decreased
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