L2 2015 causes of famine

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The complex causes of Famine

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Nutrition Spectrum

Famine

SHORT

TERM

Malnutrition and

micronutrient deficiency

LONG

TERM

Balanced Diet and nutrition

Obesity

LONG

TERM

DECREASING HEALTH DECREASING HEALTH

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HW recap – Causes of obesity

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Homework - Geofile

• Read and highlight the key points that have caused obesity and poverty from the Geofile.

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% of pop’n undernurished

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Definitions of famine

• The Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) system has 5 levels of food security

• Phase 1: Generally food secure• Phase 2: Moderately/borderline food insecure• Phase 3: Acute food and livelihood crisis• Phase 4: Humanitarian emergency• Phase 5: Famine/humanitarian catastrophe

• The UN define famine as ‘when 1/3 of children are acutely malnourished and 4 out of every 10,000 children dying each day’.

• Link

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Causes of famine

• There are complex, multiple causes that cause famine and it can be a very difficult issue to understand.

• This table summarises them in three categories;

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video

Causes of famine

• Agricultural systems of production fail. Might be caused by natural factors (e.g. drought, natural disaster, pests destroying crops, etc.) Video here

• Harsh environmental conditions. Too much to too little rainfall. Video here

• Underlying poverty, already on the brink of famine. • Lack of government spending on agriculture. E.g. no

irrigation or infrastructure. • Population pressures – too many mouths to feed. • Civil war. Fighters not farmers needed. Watch here and

here

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CASE STUDY : Famine in East Africa 2011

• Is all of Somalia in a drought region?

• Useful background information HERE

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Research / Homework

• Research into the case study of Famine in Somalia in 2011 and outline any short term & long term causes.

• Include where you got your information from, i.e. sources and authors.

• Top 10 culprits BBC article

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Just a minute

• Turn to your neighbour and talk for 30 seconds without saying umm or err on the topic of

FAMINE

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