This page has been created to support Year 9 HASS students with their task on Food Production in Australia.

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BUSHFIRES

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Bayley, B. (2020). How Australia’s bushfires will affect what you eat. https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2020/02/28/how-australias-bushfires-will-affect-what-you-eat

Gillies, C. (2020). Australia livestock hit hard by bushfire. https://www.world-grain.com/articles/13127-australia-livestock-hit-hard-by-bushfire

CLIMATE CHANGE

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Climate Council. (2015). Feeding a hungry nation: climate change, food and farming in Australia. https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/foodsecurityreport2015/

Carey, R., Sheridan, J., & Larsen, K. (2015). Climate change hits our food supply, city foodbowls could come to the rescue. https://theconversation.com/when-climate-change-hits-our-food-supply-city-foodbowls-could-come-to-the-rescue-51406

Global Food Security. (2017). The challenge. https://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/challenge/

Kilvert, N. (2019, August 8). IPCC climate change report calls for urgent overhaul of food production, land management. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-08-08/ipcc-report-climate-change-land-use/11391180

DEMAND

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Hogan, L. (2019). Food demand in Australia: trends and issues 2018. https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/food-demand/trends-and-issues-2018

INTRODUCED PESTS (BIOSECURITY)

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Fitt, G. (2014). Australian farmers face increasing threat of new diseases: report. https://theconversation.com/australian-farmers-face-increasing-threat-of-new-diseases-report-34520

LAND DEGRADATION

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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. (2020). Dryland salinity in Western Australia. https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/soil-salinity/dryland-salinity-western-australia-0

El-Zein, A. (2018). On dangerous ground: land degradation is turning soils into deserts. https://theconversation.com/on-dangerous-ground-land-degradation-is-turning-soils-into-deserts-94100

Mochan, K., & Gubana, B. (2018, June 2).Salinity crisis destroying Australia’s farmland, but farmers hope to stop it. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-06-02/salinity-crisis-for-australias-farmland-but-farmers-fight-back/9826834

URBAN SPRAWL

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Carey, R., Sheridan, J., & Larsen, K. (2015). To feed growing cities we need to stop urban sprawl eating up our food supply. https://theconversation.com/to-feed-growing-cities-we-need-to-stop-urban-sprawl-eating-up-our-food-supply-49651

WATER SCARCITY

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Carey, R., Sheridan, J., & Candy, S. (2016). It takes a lot of water to feed us, but recycled water could help. https://theconversation.com/it-takes-a-lot-of-water-to-feed-us-but-recycled-water-could-help-55502

GENERAL

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Global Food Security. (2012). From field to fork. https://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/challenge/educational-resources/

Thompson, S. (2017). How GM crops can help us to feed a fast-growing world. https://theconversation.com/how-gm-crops-can-help-us-to-feed-a-fast-growing-world-71112

CLIMATE CHANGE

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Meat and Livestock Australia. (n.d.).Greener farming: protecting the environment. https://www.goodmeat.com.au/globalassets/goodmeat/education/guide-3-climate.pdf

DEMAND

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Orszulok, A. (2012). Can organic food production feed Australiua’s growing population? https://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/ask-us/can-organic-food-feed-australia-and-possibly-the-world/

Ritchie, E., & Munn, A. (2016). Eat locals: swapping sheep and cows for kangaroos and camels could help our environment. https://theconversation.com/eat-locals-swapping-sheep-and-cows-for-kangaroos-and-camels-could-help-our-environment-57349

DROUGHT

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Wright, W. (2019). Scientists find new way to develop drought-resilient crops. https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/scientists-find-new-way-to-develop-drought-resilient-crops

INTRODUCED PESTS (BIOSECURITY)

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The University of Queensland. (2016). Spray-on protection. http://www.uq.edu.au/research/impact/stories/spray-on-protection/

The University of Queensland. (2017). Bioclay – changemakers [Video]. https://youtu.be/DliahD7X7K4

LAND DEGRADATION

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Agriculture Victoria. (2009). Saltbush for saline land. http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/farm-management/soil-and-water/salinity/saltbush-for-saline-land

Daniel, A., & Lovett, T. (2019). How regenerative agroforestry could solve the climate crisis. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/what-is-agroforestry-climate-change/

WATER SCARCITY

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CSIRO. (2019). Chameleon soil water sensor. https://www.csiro.au/en/research/plants/crops/Farming-systems/Chameleon-soil-water-sensor