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The aim of this lesson: To be able to examine the environmental, demographic, political, social and economic factors that have caused areas of food deficiency and food insecurity.

The aim of this lesson: To be able to examine the impacts at a variety of scales of trade barriers, agricultural subsidies, bilateral and multilateral agreements, and transnational corporations (TNCs) on the production and availability of food. Added Jan 2012

"Do crop intensification techniques hold the key to food security?"

"UN warns of looming worldwide food crisis in 2013"

Added Dec 2011

[Submitted by: Paul Christmas] "The following site has a detailed section on freshwater and many other topics. It will be useful for the options section of the IB and in future will develop sections for the core. A key highlight are some of the detailed case studies. However the site is under development and so some section are are not complete. Some food and health case studies are required and the extreme environments sections is still being written. The site will be useful for both students and teachers of IB geography but has not been written exclusively for the IB."

Water scarcity's effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed population expected to reach 9bn by 2050

Rising food prices are tightening the squeeze on populations already struggling to buy adequate food, demanding radical reform of the global food system, Oxfam has warned.

About one third of all food produced for human consumption goes to waste, according to a study commissioned by the United Nations food agency.

The aim of this lesson: To examine the geographic factors responsible for the incidence and spread of malaria. To evaluate the geographic impact of malaria at the local, national and international scales. To evaluate the management strategies that have been applied in any one country or region for malaria. Added March 2012

The aim of this lesson: To be able to explain how the geographic concepts of diffusion by relocation and by expansion apply to the spread of diseases. To examine the application of the concept of barriers in attempts to limit the spread of diseases. To describe the factors that have enabled reduction in incidence of a disease. Added Feb 2012