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This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page. [Turn over 1 ECONOMICS 8819/01 Paper 1 17 September 2013 3 hours Additional Materials: Answer Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. At the end of the examination, hand in your work for Section A and B separately. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 6 Preliminary Examination in preparation for General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Higher 1

2 Section A (70%) Answer all questions in this section. Question 1 Issues in the agricultural sector Table 1: Global Commodity Prices (US$/tonne) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Wheat 234.76 268.59 185.51 227.95 286.75 Poultry 934.75 996.92 988.92 1,032.25 1,147.00 Source: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations Extract 1: Higher food prices Global warming ha s already harmed the world's food production and has driven up food prices by as much as 20% over recent decades, new research has revealed. A rising appetite for meat is another critical factor, said a Researcher. "We actually have enough calories to feed the world quite comfortably, the problem is meat is really inefficient," as many kilogrammes of wheat are needed to produce one kilogramme of meat, he said. Source: The Guardian, 17 March 2011 Extract 2: Reforms for Common Agricultural Policy It is "morally wrong" for European farmers to receive billions of pounds of state aid, a cabinet minister has said, warning that rising food prices mean it is only a matter of time before farmers will no longer receive billions in pounds of state aid, in form of high export subsidies. More than half of all the profits of British farmers come from EU subsidies, the National Farmers Union calculates. Mrs Spelman said the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) “ distorted trade by keeping prices artificially high in the EU while imposing import tariffs on developing countries trying to sell to Europe. At the same time, export subsidies are used to clear market surpluses." Her comments come as negotiations begin ahead of major reform of the CAP in 2014. At €55 billion, the CA P accounts for 42 per cent of the EU budget, making it the largest agricultural aid programme in the world. Source: Telegraph, 5 January 2011

© RVHS 2013 8819/01 [Turn over 3 Extract 3: Pesticides in waterways Insecticides enter rivers through runoff from fields and to a lesser ext ent when they drift into the water during application. This will have devastating