EVS 1 (Science) Chapter 12 — Food for All: 30 flashcards
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1. What does 'Food for All' mean?
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Ensuring every person has enough safe and nutritious food every day.
2. What are the three parts of food security?
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Availability, accessibility and affordability.
3. Define availability in food security.
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Enough food is produced or imported to feed everyone.
4. Define accessibility in food security.
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People can physically reach and obtain food.
5. Define affordability in food security.
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The price of food is within a family's reach.
6. List the stages of food's journey from farm to plate.
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Production → Storage → Transport → Distribution → Consumption.
7. What is the Public Distribution System (PDS)?
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A government system that supplies subsidised food grains through ration shops.
8. What is the role of a ration card?
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It identifies families eligible for subsidised food from ration shops.
9. Why can hunger exist even when granaries are full?
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Because of poverty, poor distribution and food wastage.
10. Name two natural disasters that affect food production.
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Droughts and floods.
11. What problems do small farmers face?
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Costly seeds, unpredictable rain, low market prices and debt.
12. How can the government support farmers?
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Through minimum support prices, subsidies, irrigation and training.
13. Why is wasting food a serious issue?
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Every grain wasted is food that someone else could have eaten.
14. What is the purpose of the story in this chapter?
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To make the idea of food for all come alive and help students feel the problem, not just read facts.
15. What does the story show about food?
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It shows the link between food, hard work and social justice.
16. Who are the people behind your daily meal?
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Farmers, farm labourers, transporters, traders/shopkeepers and the government.
17. What is the role of a transporter in food supply?
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Moving food from farms and godowns to markets.
18. What is the role of a trader or shopkeeper?
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Selling food to consumers at markets and shops.
19. What is a buffer stock?
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Extra food grains stored by the government to handle shortages.
20. How does a drought affect food for all?
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It dries up fields, reduces harvests and raises food prices.
21. How does a flood affect food for all?
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It destroys standing crops and blocks transport of food.
22. Why is fair sharing of food as important as growing more food?
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Because hunger can exist even with surplus food if distribution is poor.
23. What simple habits can reduce food waste at home?
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Taking only what you can eat, storing leftovers properly and sharing surplus.
24. Why is 'Food for All' called a shared responsibility?
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Because government, farmers, traders and citizens all play a role.
25. What is the common mistake students make about this chapter?
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Thinking it is only about farmers and agriculture, ignoring distribution and fairness.
26. What does the chapter say about food and climate?
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Weather and climate directly influence food availability.
27. What is the full journey of food in one line?
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Farm → Storage → Transport → Market → Plate.
28. What does PDS try to make food for the poor?
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Accessible and affordable.
29. Why do poor families suffer most when food prices rise?
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They spend a large share of their income on food.
30. What is one way each citizen can help achieve Food for All?
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By reducing food waste.
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