AC9HG9K04 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.

challenges to sustainable food production and food security in Australia and appropriate management strategies

Elaborations

• 1 examining environmental impacts of changes to food production causing a decline in the capacity of the land to provide agricultural products; for example, land and water degradation such as soil erosion, salinity and desertification, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, climate change and pollution contribute to a decrease in food production
• 2 examining economic and social impacts of changes to food production; for example, competing land uses such as urban and industrial uses, and recreation activities
• 3 examining the impacts of modifications to biomes on the productivity and availability of staple resources for First Nations Australians; for example, reduced access to bush food such as myrrnong (yam daisy) in Victoria or cycads, bunya nuts and wongi plums in northern Australia
• 4 examining management strategies that improve food security; for example, efforts to reduce food wastage, government policies or trade barriers
• 5 explaining management strategies that restore the quality or diversity of agriculture in Australia; for example, improving the function of natural biomes and anthropogenic biomes, monitoring land management practices, improving the condition of the soil or building the capability of farmers
• 6 generating ideas for a strategy to expand agricultural production in Australia; for example, market bush food such as herbs and wattle seed, invest in research, support farm innovations or develop the expertise of farmers

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