Regions, Countries And People Where Food Security Is Most At Risk Acroos The Devlopment Spectrum

Question 1

VULNERABLE GROUPS

Answer 1

FAO statistics, in 2015, 795 million people were hungry and did not have sufficient energy from their diet

98% of these live in an LIDC

Rural dwellers = 75% of hungry people live in rural dwellers particularly villages of Asia and Africa. They are so dependant on agriculture and have no alternative

Farmers - small scale make up 1/2 of the worlds hunger as they are dependant on crops from marginal land which is prone to drought and flooding

Children: 146 million children in LIDC’S are underweight according to UNICEF

Women: primary food producers in LIDC’s
Evidence has shown women are more affected by hunger than men and this impacts MMR’s and is likely to produce low birth-weight children.

Question 2

Global pattern of food insecurity

Answer 2

Complex and changes

Sudan and sub-Saharan Africa food insecurity remains a problem

Progress has been made in regions such as Latin America but many areas still remain fragile and vulnerable

Political unrest,conflict or natural hazards can easily force these areas back into a position of food security

Global scale undernourishment has fallen from 18.6% to 10.9% from 1990-1992
Growing number of people, declining number of people undernourished

Progress in Caucasus and Northern Africa there are pockets of insecurity in these regions

Slow progress in Southern Asia and sub-saharan Africa - foods insecurity is a huge issue

N Africa such as Algeria, Egypt and Morocco and Tunisia - insecurity is eradicated but prices are kept low due to subsidies which are likely to be unstable in the longer term. There is more concern for malnutrition in the overweight and obesity part of the continuum

Vulnerability to economic and political instability

Question 3

Crisis situations accelerated by natural and human disasters and political instability - Syria

Answer 3

March 2011

Violence has killed many lives

50% have fled

9. 8 million are in need of food
10. 8 million in ‘critical need’

Dramatics food prices - rice up by 403%, bread up by 180% and flour 197%

Coping strategies = eating fewer meals a day ( earthing less nutritious and it is brought on credit )

Question 4

Crisis situations accelerated by natural and human disasters and political instability - Yeman

Answer 4

6 million people - extreme level of food insecurity ( WEP)

Conflict disrupts markets and livelihoods (fall of income and access to basic staple foods

29% of all the cropped area is irrigated by wells and water transported by trucks - therefore fuel shortages have caused water supply issues which can impact long term agriculture and food prices

Question 5

Crisis situations accelerated by natural and human disasters and political instability - Nepal

Answer 5

Earthquake of 2013

1.4 million people are in need of food assistance

Most people live in the mountainous area along the seismic belt

70% os people are battling food consumption

In the worst areas, 80% of households have lost their food stock

Food issues are a main concern for many households dependant on trade for income

Currently food assistance is helping but its not a long term solution

Question 6

Crisis situations accelerated by natural and human disasters and political instability - Iraq

Answer 6

4.4 million people in Iraq require urgent food assistance

57% more than 2014 estimated

Conflict and displacement reduced food security

Conflict has increased food prices particularly in wheat and flour - similar position as Ukraine in 2022

Conflict has reduced the government run distribution schemes