TSW 5 Africa

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TSW 5 Africa Martin.m

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TSW 5 Africa. Martin.m. TSW 5. TSW describe the challenges associated with feeding the people of the world using, correctly, the appropriate associated terms: malnutrition, drought, famine, subsistence farming, the green revolution. Africa. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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TSW 5 Africa

Martin.m

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TSW 5

• TSW describe the challenges associated with feeding the people of the world

• using, correctly, the appropriate associated terms: malnutrition, drought, famine, subsistence farming, the green revolution.

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Africa

• Africa has serious problems with feeding it’s people

• In Africa 39.7 are below the WHO poverty line

• That means they are without the ability to purchase food and acquire shelter financially

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Malnutrition

• The condition that the body develops when it lacks the right amount of nutrients, minerals, vitamins and other nutrients that it needs to keep up optional organic functionality and maintain healthy tissue

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Malnutrition

• 30% of Africa is malnourished

• 203 million people in sub Saharan Africa are considered malnourished

• Malnutrition leads to a weaker immune systems which causes people to catch diseases easier

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Quote from James Morris (WFP)

• "Hunger is both a cause and an effect of poverty. It is also both a cause and an effect of political conflict,"

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Causes

• As the quote says, political issue in Africa have contributed to the situation in Africa.

• Countries like Zimbabwe have only recently gained independence

• Many other countries have a history of dictatorship

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Hunger

• Hunger effects every continent

• Africa has 265 million hungry people

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Conclusion

• Africa has not had agricultural revolution like India had with the Green revolution

• Eliminating causes is the most effective way of stopping hunger but that is not easy as the problem in Africa is so overwhelming

• Political problems and poverty are the 2 most prominent causes

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