Famine/ periodic famine
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- Created on: 07-05-13 20:06
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- Famine
- Causes
- Conflict/war
- Population increase
- Inflation of food prices
- Failure of harvest, possibly due to drought.
- The war torn Somalia has difficulty in providing food for rural areas
- Conflict/war
- A combination of factors will result in famine, not just one.
- Causes
- Population increase
- Inflation of food prices
- Failure of harvest, possibly due to drought.
- Causes
- War=an increased population in a refuge area=famine
- A combination of factors will result in famine, not just one.
- A combination of factors will result in famine, not just one.
- Consequences
- Death
- Orphans
- Disease, e.g. Kwashiorkor caused by lack of protein leading to bloating of the stomach and limbs.
- Ethiopia suffers with this problem, and the infrastructure doesn't make things any easier.
- NGO's can provide relief to countries but the don't want to become overdependent
- Causes
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