Grab the handouts on the back table

Fill-in the Von Thunen Model

from memory (DO NOT use

your notes)

Ranching and

Livestock

Grains and Field

Crops

Forests

Dairy

Farming

Market

Gardening

MarketUrban Center

Video Link: https://youtu.be/kQeorPkPLmU

1) What is a food desert?

2) Describe the challenges felt by individuals who live in food deserts

Mr. Wright

▪Recent global comparisons show a strong correlation between hunger and gender inequalities. Countries ranking highest on the index of global hunger are also those where such inequalities are more severe (von Grebmer et al. 2009).

▪Four of the most critical areas where women face more significant barriers than men are▪ Access to land (rights to ownership, inheritance)

▪ Access to credit (loans, credit)

▪ Access to agricultural inputs (improved seeds, fertilizer, machinery)

▪ Access to education, training, and extension services

39% of women farmers worldwide live in

India due to population size, but

Bangladesh ranks highest in % of women

farmers

30% of farmers in the US are women, but

only 1-2% of the population of the US are

farmers.

Women who provide most of the labor received nothing for their work because the land was

registered as family land, and the men, as head of household, received the income.

Judith Carney’s

work in Gambia

on irrigated rice

attempted to

improve the

availability of

this staple and

help women, the

traditional rice

growers.

What she

discovered was

not what she

expected.

▪ Women hold title to 2% of land globally, and frequently cannot inherit property▪ Even when they own land, they may be required to have a male relative to

co-sign for land or give consent for purchase.▪ Consequently, they also do not have control over the earnings from the

land.

▪ Women are frequently denied loans or buying on credit without the permission of their spouse

▪ Women have less access to agricultural inputs, like improved seeds, pesticides, herbicides or machines because they lack credit

▪ Education and extension services are rarely geared toward the needs of women farmers and the scale of their farms.

▪Growth in the agriculture sector has been found to be twice as effective in reducing poverty as the growth in any other sectors. Financing through micro finance institutions (MFI) which often prefer women groups

▪Encouraging women participation in value added activities, like small scale processing and marketing

▪Ensuring that women can access improved seeds, machinery, and other inputs (e.g. fertilizer)

▪Making extension services’ training available to women

▪In Cambodia men and women in the fields to go to school – FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations) Farmer Field Schools

▪They observe how crops develop and monitor pests

▪They learn that natural pests (e.g., wasps & spiders) help control pest without heavy pesticide use

▪Heavy pesticides actually kill off the wasps & spiders and other useful pests

▪Write 3 facts about organizations/governments that are supporting women

▪Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eB6f1Hfhk8

▪Read the article and then answer the attached questions