Famine In Sub-Saharan Africa

The article which I chose to summarize is “Clean Your Plate. There are People in Starving in Africa!”, written by Timothy W. Jones. This article addresses the excessive wastefulness of food and resources in the United States. I particularly agree with how the author describes, not only the amount of food that is thrown out, but also the amount of money that it translates to. I would recommend this article to businesses, in particular, as it could be an eye-opener. The author examines three different perspectives of wastefulness: Food loss in general, losses as they relate to the farming industry and the wastefulness of food in the retail food industry. The author’s purpose of this article is not only to highlight the fiscal irresponsibility

Hunger is caused by many things and shockingly a food shortage is not one of them. Most people who face hunger are in that situation because of poverty. Poverty is the lack of money to buy what is necessary. The number one cause of poverty is job instability. Without jobs people have no way to make money to provide for their families and one of the things some people cut back on in their budget is food. Sometimes

To compound the issues, in the last two years limited rain fall has caused the worst drought in over 60 years. The already overwrought food situation exponentially worsted as crops and livestock die due to water shortages. As a result the numbers of refugees have recently increased dramatically, with over 330,000 Somalis seeking refuge since January of 2011, (UNHCR, 2011).

I knew it was coming when the food supply started to dwindle. I thought we had bought enough, but I guess I was mistaken. The famine showed no signs of letting up. I prayed every chance I got for this punishment to end, yet there was no answer. I kept up hope throughout the food’s disappearance, but when it was gone, I knew I had to do something I was trying to avoid. There was no food around us. The closest place that was offering food was Egypt, and we had just begged for food there. Setting our pride aside in the same place to the same people for the second time wasn’t something I wished to do. We tried to ration out the portions, and it got to the point where we all went hungry for the sake of another. Finally, at my wits end, I sent my

Have you ever skipped a meal and realized how hungry you were? Now imagine skipping all your meals, imagine not having the option to get food and worst of all, imagine watching a loved family member die of hunger. This is what hundreds of thousands of Somalians went through during the famine. Half of the killed were children under the age of five, this being said this was one of the worst famines in the last 28 years. Tens of thousands of Somalians fled their homes in search of food. The main part of the famine took place in 2011 when an extreme drought affected more than thirteen million people across the horn of Africa. In result of this drought, prices for food skyrocketed; parents watched helplessly as their family members died one by one. Political instability made the chances of the famine getting better as quick as

He asserts that “our distance from a preventable evil [does not lessen] our obligation to mitigate or prevent that evil” (Singer 521).

Malnutrition continues to be a major health burden throughout the developing world, especially in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Each form of malnutrition depends on what nutrients are missing in the diet, for how long and at what age. The most basic kind results from a deficiency in all major macronutrients, such as fats, proteins and carbohydrates, called protein-energy malnutrition. Other forms of malnutrition are less obvious, but not necessarily less deadly. They are usually the result of a diet lacking in micronutrients, such as electrolytes, minerals and vitamins. Deficiencies of iron, vitamin A and zinc are ranked among the World Health Organization's top 10 leading causes of death through disease in developing countries. (WFP,

In the text “Why Does Hunger Still Exist in Africa?” Gates (2014) talked about Proper nutrition while in “Technology is Key to Ending Hunger”(2011) it talked about technology, as both methods reduce malnutrition and famine, and they have many differences and one similarity. For starting a healthy life, having a right amount of nutrition in the first 1000 days and breastfeeding in the first 6 months can lead to maintaining a proper nutrition for babies. While investing in dams and water pans and delivering water to all corners of the country is done by having access to technology. Although, technology can use modern irrigation systems and desalination in agriculture. Fortifying essential foods like oil, flour, salt with crucial vitamins, minerals

“ Somalia’s children are at imminent risk of starvation, and conditions are near famine. Parts of South Sudan are already in the grips of famine. Children across East Africa - including those in Ethiopia, Kenya and the many who have fled to Uganda - are fighting extreme hunger”(‘Save the children’ 1). These are just some of the many examples of the pernicious childhood many children in Africa are used to living these days. Those horrible situations Africa faces as a feature of genocidal denial, we every now and again overlook that the weight of these monstrosities is disproportionately set on young children. This essay will demonstrate how these frameworks of things give a helpful structure to understanding danger in African kids' advancement

Situations leading to famine are crop failure, climate change, drought and conflict. One of the main causes of famine is not crop failure or drought; it is the lack of adequate response to the conflict or dough that causes famine. Areas of East Africa, including Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, are experiencing one of the worst droughts in 60 year. 11.3 million People in the Horn of Africa are in need of food assistance due to the drought. Food prices are up as much as 200% in parts of Somalia.

The drought in Eastern Africa is one of the worst droughts the region has experienced in years (Keane 2011). Not only has the ground become so arid that no crops will grow but the animals that were herded for food have also died from lack of nutrition. The local ecosystems can no longer support life in these areas and the natural resources continue to degrade rapidly. Without food or access to drinking water, there is little choice for the Somalis population other than to move towards the only known refugee camp.

1)Over two decades of conflict have left 1.1 million Somalis displaced in their own country, and almost a million as refugees in neighbouring countries. High food prices, combined with frequent droughts and floods have compounded poverty and continue to threaten livelihoods.(UNHCR,nd)

Hunger and malnutrition have always been at the forefront of Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) public health issues, but with recent climate changes, food insecurity has been of more concern. Temperature increases and crop variability are among the few recent environmental challenges faced by a continent largely dependent on agricultural produce (Quaye et. al, 2012). In SSA, the agricultural economy plays a crucial role in the nourishment of African citizens. It contributes to 30% of their gross domestic product (GDP) and approximately 60% of SSA’s workforce are involved with agriculture. The productivity of crops grown for human consumption are at risk and often face droughts, flooding, loss of soil and water resources (Quaye et. al. 2012). Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of malnourished per capita with 33% of its population considered to be undernourished (Carter, 2006). The prevalence of malnutrition in SSA has only dropped 4% in the last twenty years, indicating a desperate need for a solution (Arthur et. al. 2014).

A major problem in a developing country like Ethiopia is starvation. In a country like Ethiopia with about 100 million people, at least twenty million face food shortages. This means one and every four people have little to no food. The main source of starvation in Ethiopia is El Niño. El Niño is a complex series of climatic changes severely affecting the Pacific Ocean. Ethiopia is constantly hit by El Niño, causing extreme droughts throughout the country. Without water, the droughts have caused crop failure

Faced with devastating, debilitating droughts, Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen struggle to cope with famine, an obstacle that hinders all people within the nation. In Somalia, over 2.9 million people are at risk because of famine. In Yemen, 18.8 million are in need of assistance, and in South Sudan, over 40% of the population is in need of food urgently, while 100,000 are in imminent danger of death by starvation. Although all of these countries are in deep waters, famine has only been declared in South Sudan while Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria are on the brink. An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (ISFPC) system is used to classify food insecurity