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    The document discusses different biomes and their agricultural uses. It describes where tundra, desert, and rainforest biomes are located globally. Temperate and tropical biomes are mostly used for cropland, while temperate deserts are used for pasture. Tundra biomes produce the least food. There is an interconnection between biomes and agricultural land use - biomes suitable for agriculture are used for farming and grazing. The document also examines food security rankings for different countries, finding that while some score highly on various food security metrics, not all people experience full food security due to environmental and agricultural constraints.

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    The document discusses different biomes and their agricultural uses. It describes where tundra, desert, and rainforest biomes are located globally. Temperate and tropical biomes are mostly used for cropland, while temperate deserts are used for pasture. Tundra biomes produce the least food. There is an interconnection between biomes and agricultural land use - biomes suitable for agriculture are used for farming and grazing. The document also examines food security rankings for different countries, finding that while some score highly on various food security metrics, not all people experience full food security due to environmental and agricultural constraints.

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    1: The World’s Major Biomes

    Please type your answers to these questions on this document in a different color

    1. Describe where the tundra areas are located?

    On the North side of the Earth, close to the North Pole.

    2. What proportion of Africa is taken up by deserts? Estimate a percentage.

    The North Africa if take up by deserts, about 35%-40%.

    3. Large areas of tropical rainforest are found on which continents?

    South America, Southeast Asia, Central Africa.

    4. Name the regions of the world where temperate and Mediterranean biomes can be found.

    The Mediterranean Basin, California, Central Chile, Southwest Australia, the Cape Province
    of South Africa and as far north as the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada.

    2: Agricultural Land Use

    1. Which biomes are mostly used for cropland?

    Temperate and tropical biomes.

    2. Which biomes are mostly used for pasture, i.e. animal grazing?

    Temperate desert biomes

    3. Which biomes produce the least food?

    The Tundra biomes.

    4. Is there an interconnection between biomes and land used for agriculture? Give examples to
    illustrate your answer.

    Yes there is, biomes that have suitable climate and biodiversity are suitable to be used for
    agriculture. While desert biomes are used for pasture because they have wide open areas.
    Biomes that have extreme climate are less likely to be used for agriculture.

    Examples: Tropical and temperate biomes are used for agriculture, deserts are used for
    pasture, tundra biomes can’t be used for agriculture.

    3: Good enough to eat

    1. Choose six countries from the ‘Highlight a Country’ drop-down menu and locate within the
    Food Index.

    German: Rank 2

    Australia: Rank 4

    Ukraine: Rank 5

    Brazil: Rank 6

    Morocco: Rank 7

    Turkey: Rank 10

    2. Create your own table to show the level of food security according to whether the country
    has enough to eat, can afford to eat, has quality food and whether the eating is healthy.

    Country Enough to eat Affordability Quality Healthy


    German High High High Higher average
    Australia High High High Higher average
    Ukraine High High High Higher average
    Brazil High High High Higher average
    Morocco High Higher average Average Higher average
    Turkey High Average Higher average Higher average

    3. Do all people experience food security? Explain your answer using your table and examples
    from this map.

    No, because not every country has suitable biomes and environments for agriculture.

    Example from map:

    Australia is rank 8 because it has a rich biodiversity and suitable biomes for agriculture.

    Chad is rank 125 because it has a hash environment in the desert biome.

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