Paper 1 Food and health case study

Question 1

when and how was the famine in Ethiopia caused?

Answer 1

• in 2015 and 2016 seasonal rains that usually fall between June and September in north-eastern, central and southern Ethiopia did not occur

Question 2

Ethiopian famine facts

Answer 2

• according to UN worst drought in 50 years
• around 50% of cereal production is harvested around autumn, after the rainy summer season, and the rest at the end of spring after the short rainy season
• ## as a result more than 18 million ppl were in need of aid

Question 3

how was the Ethiopian government able

Answer 3

• early warning systems alert the government when famine threatens
• evidence shows in 2015/16 the government made provision to mitigate the impacts of poor harvests, such as establishing a social security net so that poorer farmers could access funds for public works such as digging water holes

Question 4

what caused the Ethiopian famine

Answer 4

• caused by el Nino weather system and resulted in a 90% decline in crop yields and the deaths of over one million cattle

Question 5

how was the famine bought about

Answer 5

factors including:
poor governance
state neglect

Question 6

what were the key factors driving the Ethiopian famine? (then and now)

Answer 6

include selling off land to international corporations for industrial farming, that is, “land grabs”

Question 7

organisations supporting the Ethiopian famine

Answer 7

• world food programme (WFP)
• save the children
• FAO

Question 7

what is food insecurity in Bangladesh caused by

Answer 7

• international trade
• land scarcity
• the need to increase production of nutritional food
• natural hazards
• climate change

Question 8

how has Bangladesh improved food security

Answer 8

• increasing production of rice using irrigation water and high yielding varieties
• by investing in storage facilities for rice, and and cold storage facilities for meat, fish, egg and potatoes
• upgraded transport infrastructure to enable faster and better distribution of food

Question 9

food insecurity stats in Bangladesh

Answer 9

• nearly 50 million people are still said to be food insecure , 26 million of which are said to be extremely food insecure; many of these are rural dwellers who are vulnerable to the annual monsoon floods