Famine the global issue. Introduction Famine is the problem of everyone. Famine – the global...

Faminethe global issue

Introduction

Famine is the problem of everyone.

Famine – the global issue

Plan :

1. Introduction

2. The current state of the famine in the world

3. Basic facts

4. Examples of concerned countries

5. Populations touched

6. Solutions

7. Conclusion

Introduction


Definition of hunger

Basic facts

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.


Definition of famine

Basic facts

A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death.


Current state

We have to deal with food insecurity in

- Africa

- Aisa

- South America and Carribean


Current state

Countries concerned in Africa:Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mosabique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cap Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d´Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda


West Africa


Countries involved

East and Central Africa


Countries involved

Southern Africa


Countries involved

Current state

Countries concerned in Aisa:Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East

Timor, India, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka


Aisa


Countries involved

Current state

Countries concerned in Mediterranean, Middle East and

Central AsiaAfghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestinian Territoires, Syria, Tajikistan, Yemen


Mediterranean, Middle East and Central Asia


Countries involved

Current state

Countries concerned in Latin America and Caribbean

Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru


Latin America and Caribbean


Countries involved

Basic facts

How much people are starving?

There is enough food in the world today for every man, woman and child to lead healthy and productive lives. And yet, hunger afflicts one out of every seven people on earth.


Population

Basic facts

The global population was 2.8 billion in 1955 and is 5.8 billion now. It will increase by nearly 80 million people a year to reach about 8 billion by the year 2025.

In 1955, 68% of the global population lived in rural areas and 32% in urban areas.

In 1995 the ratio was 55% rural and 45% urban; by 2025 it will be 41% rural and 59% urban.

Globally, the population of children under 5 will grow by just 0.25% annually between 1995-2025, while the population over 65 years will grow by 2.6%.


Life Expectancy

Basic facts

More than 50 million people live today in countries with a life expectancy of

less than 45years.

About 300 million people live in 16 countries where life expectancy

actually decreased between 1975-1995.


Structure of deaths

Basic facts

In 1955, 40% of all deaths were among children under 5 years, 10% were in 5-19 yearolds, 28% were among adults aged 20-64,

and 21% were among the over-65s.

By 2025, 8% of all deaths will be in the under-5s, 3% among 5-19 year-olds, 27% among 20-64 year-olds and 63% among the over-65s.


Hunger

Basic facts

Each day, 24, 000 people die of hunger or hunger-related diseases.

Most of them are children.

10% of children in developing countries die before the age of five.

800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition.


Mortality in major famines


History

Examples of concerned countries


1) India

50 percent of the world's hungry 35 percent of India's population

Too many inhabitants innondations

Examples


2) Colombia

57 percent of the Colombian population ¼ does not have enough to take care of his basic

needs.

Violence by drug traffickers economic recession in 1999

Examples


3) Niger

63 percent live below the poverty threshold 34 percent live below the extreme poverty line

natural disasters

Examples


Who suffer from the famine ?

Women Children

very high maternal mortality rate

Lack of education

Who ?


Solutions


Short time solutions

Humanitarian helps– Collections– NGO

Feeding problems– Genetically Modified Food– Spiraline

Solutions


Short time solutions

Solutions


Long time solutions

Fighting poverty– School for every children– Education to get a job

Shared ressources

Solutions


Conclusion

Famine is a serious problem and the solution is difficult to implement


Internet sources

www.wfp.org www.acdivoca.org www.who.org www.fao.org www.un.org


Question and answers


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