Follow the food

Watch the episode The waste chain and answer the questions.

1. How much food is lost or wasted each year across the entire food supply chain?
2. What proportion of people suffering from hunger could be fed, if food loss and waste were eliminated?
3. What is the difference between food loss and food waste?
4. How much food is lost annually in the stages between production and retail?
5. Why is food loss more prevalent in low-income countries?
6. Which sector is the largest consumer of freshwater globally?
7. How does the hotel in the episode use the food waste generated by its guests?

*Food waste kan betyda både matavfall och matsvinn. I vissa fall används uttrycket unnecessary food waste eller edible food waste för att förtydliga när det handlar om matsvinn.

Watch the episode The promised land and answer the questions.

1. Why is topsoil essential for food production?
2. What are the main objectives of regenerative farming?
3. What is the purpose of using cover crops?
4. Why has agricultural productivity declined in Africa?
5. What is agroforestry?
6. How can agroforestry help prevent soil degradation?

Watch the episode The fight for food security and answer the questions.

1. What proportion of the world’s population does not have adequate access to food?
2. What categories are included in the Global Food Security Index (GFSI)?
3. Why can’t food affordability be addressed simply by producing larger quantities of cheap food?
4. How can increases in women’s income benefit their families and, more broadly, their societies?
5. Why is the majority of food consumed in Singapore imported?
6. What is a food desert?

Watch the episode The endangered foods list and answer the questions.

1. What is the Endangered Foods List?
2. Why are some people predicting a drastic decline in wine production over the next 50 years?
3. What is agroforestry?
4. How can one year of extreme heat affect the following year’s avocado harvest?
5. Name two threats to coffee production.
6. What is a seed bank?