Monday, May 26, 2008

Geopolitics and Food Tuesday

Ok today is tuesday and we are exploring the world’s food insecurity. First we need to understand what geopolitics means.

Geopolitics is the study that looks at geography, history and social science with reference to l politics and patterns. It examines the political, economic and strategic significance of geography in terms of the location, size, function, and relationships of places and resources.


We are going to examining this article:The world’s food insecurity

Also this website to get a solid background on the topic

Things in these articles you should be able to define:

agronomist
green revolution
urbanisation
industrialisation

Journal Topic:How will higher prices for food affect your life?

Questions to answer:

Is food really that expensive especially in the developed world?
What are some ideas for solving the food crisis?
What is the impact of high world food prices - who are the winners and who are the losers?









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