Ch.5 L5 Hunger Causes & Solns

Question 1

Key Causes of hunger

Answer 1

-Poverty
-Natural Disasters
-Wars
- Poor Agricultural 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (base or foundation. Ex: water, electricity, fuel, fertilizers)
-Financial & economic crisis

Question 2

How does POVERTY lead to hunger?

Answer 2

• low wages struggle to eat the right amounts or types of food
  -Countries that face extreme poverty are more likely to have hunger crisis.

Question 3

In 2010, more than ______ billion people lived below the International poverty line.

Answer 3

1.4

Question 4

International poverty line = person earning less than ______ USD per day.

Answer 4

1.25

Question 5

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states that ___________people are undernourished (starving).

Answer 5

1 billion

Question 6

How do Armed Conflicts result in Hunger?

Answer 6

𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲
- (surrounding an area & cutting off its supplies) include seizing or destroying food stocks, livestock, and cutting off supplies of food.
- (surrounding an area & cutting off its supplies) include seizing or destroying food stocks, livestock, and cutting off supplies of food.
-Famine (or starvation) has been used as a weapon to control people.

Question 7

What is seige warfare?

Answer 7

surrounding an area & cutting off its supplies) include seizing or destroying food stocks, livestock, and cutting off supplies of food.

Question 8

How is famine dealt with on an international level?

Answer 8

• UN has kept early famine warning systems
  -1970 food reserves have been kept to be quickly sent to areas that desperately need it.

Question 9

What do UN and World Food Programs (WFP) and non-governmental organization (NGOs) do

Answer 9

They move food & other emergency care to affected areas to avoid starvation.