AC9HG9K03 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

the environmental, economic and technological factors that impact agricultural productivity, in Australia and a country in Asia

Elaborations

• 1 examining how environmental factors, such as climate, soil, landform, water and hazards, support higher agricultural production, such as wheat, rice and maize, in Australia and a country in Asia
• 2 examining how economic factors such as available land, labour, finance and enterprise, and technological factors such as biotechnology and use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software, affect agricultural production in Australia and a country in Asia; for example, increased labour supply or access to storage, transportation and markets
• 3 examining how agricultural innovations have reduced environmental limitations on food production in Australia and a country in Asia; for example, increased food production due to research into and development of high-yielding and genetically engineered pest resistant varieties, construction of drip irrigation systems, and the use of stubble mulching, intercropping, agroforestry and crop rotation
• 4 explaining the impact of the interconnections between environmental, economic and technological factors on the yield of a particular crop, such as wheat, rice or maize, in Australia

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