1. Theme 1 Sustainable food supply
Key Question 2 What factors promote or hinder food production?
Physical factors:
(i) Climate
(ii) Relief
(iii) Soil
(iv) Pests and diseases

2. The case study we are going to be using is the country of Namibia, in South West Africa.
1.2 What factors promote or hinder food production?
Climate
Relief
Soils
Pests and diseases 2

3. Storm in Etosha

5. Fog on the Skeleton Coast
Flooding in Mariental (Photo: AZ Windhoek)
Fog on the Skeleton Coast

6. Sesriem Frost

9. 1.2 What factors promote or hinder food production?
Climate
Relief
Soils
Pests and diseases

10. Different landscapes of Namibia: Fish River Canyon above left, Namib Desert above right, Kalahari Desert below left, Waterberg Plateau, below right

11. 1.2 What factors promote or hinder food production?
Climate
Relief
Soils
Pests and diseases

12. Soils Halomorphic soil Arenosol (Kalahari Sands Arenosol
Soils in Namibia are dominated by four main types of soil, with most not being suitable for agricultural use.
Lithosols are shallow and rocky
Calcareous soils are developed on limestone, and are also shallow and stony
Arenosols are sandy and therefore infertile and able to be blown away
Halomorphic soils are very salty, e.g. Etosha Pan
Calcareous soil
Lithosol

14. 1.2 What factors promote or hinder food production?
Climate
Relief
Soils
Pests and diseases
Another outbreak in England in 2007 highlights a disease that has continued to occur throughout the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and South America