Food production: past paper questions
Real questions on food production
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- 0976/12 · May/June 2026 · Q6a(i)[1]
(i) What is the length of the growing season for rapeseed? .......... months [1]
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2026 · Q6a(ii)[2]
(ii) Using Figure 6.1, identify a month when: farmers plant rice wheat harvested from irrigated land. ..........
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2026 · Q6a(iii)[3]
Suggest why some farmers in Ethiopia irrigate the land to grow wheat.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2026 · Q6b(i)[3]
State three differences between the farms shown in Figures 6.2 and 6.3.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2026 · Q6b(ii)[5]
The farms shown in Figures 6.2 and 6.3 are agricultural systems. Explain what is meant by an agricultural system. You should refer to either Figure 6.2 or Figure 6.3.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2026 · Q6c[7]
(c) Describe and explain the land use of a named farm or agricultural system you have studied. named farm agricultural SyStEM ..........
See it on the paper → - 0976/22 · October/November 2025 · Q5b(i)[2]
Complete Fig. 5.2 by naming two types of farming which lead to deforestation in tropical rainforests. Write your answers in boxes Y and Z on the diagram.
See it on the paper → - 0976/22 · May/June 2025 · Q3a[4]
Using Fig. 3.1, give four pieces of evidence which suggest this is a commercial farm.
See it on the paper → - 0976/22 · May/June 2025 · Q3b[4]
Using Fig. 3.2, describe the features of the farm.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q2b(ii)[5]
In some LEDCs, the government is giving low-cost loans to farmers in rural areas. Is this type of strategy likely to be successful in slowing down the growth of population in cities like Nairobi? Justify your answer.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q5a(i)[1]
Using Fig. 5.1, name the continent which had most countries with food shortages.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q5a(ii)[2]
Food shortages can cause starvation and malnutrition. Explain the difference between starvation and malnutrition.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q5a(iii)[3]
Using Fig. 5.1 only, name a different country where food shortages were caused by each of: drought flood locusts.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q5a(iv)[4]
Explain why drought can cause food shortages.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q5b(i)[3]
Explain why Method A, ‘increase food imports’, is not likely to be a sustainable method of increasing food supply for an LEDC.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q5b(ii)[5]
Which method do you consider to be the best method to increase food supply in an LEDC? Choose from methods B, C or D shown in Fig. 5.2. Justify your answer by referring to the advantages of the method you have chosen and the disadvantages of the two methods you have rejected. Method chosen
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · October/November 2024 · Q5c[7]
For a named farm or area you have studied, describe and explain the agricultural land use. Name of farm or area
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2024 · Q5a(i)[1]
What agricultural land use occupies the largest area in South Africa?
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2024 · Q5a(ii)[2]
Using Fig. 5.1 only, identify two crops grown within 100 km of Pretoria.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2024 · Q5a(iii)[3]
Using Figs. 5.1 and 5.2 only, explain how the amount of rainfall influences agricultural land use.
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What examiners said
This question was generally answered well, despite few candidates recognising Figure 3.1 as being a photograph of a tea plantation. This did not mean, however, that they could not give four pieces of evidence to suggest this was commercial farm. The best responses were those that were succinct. Most identified the large area of land devoted to crops and that it was intensive with every part of the...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0976/22 Q3(a) (Cambridge)
The second photograph of an agricultural area in a tropical country, Figure 3.2, resulted in some long accounts to describe the features of the farm. These varied in quality, with the better ones distinguished by their appropriate use of geographical terminology. They correctly identified the type of farming as subsistence, as well as being either mixed or pastoral. The livestock were named, and t...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0976/22 Q3(b) (Cambridge)
Many candidates answered the question well. They linked problems to agriculture and lack of food and water supplies, and some referred to consequences such as famine and migration. Some candidates mixed up desertification with deforestation or simply wrote about the effects of increasing temperatures. Others did not make it clear that they were writing about impacts on the people rather than the n...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0976/12 Q6(a)(iv) (Cambridge)
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