This assignment is designed to familiarize you with the extremenature of food shortages globally and their impact. Explore thefollowing site, making note of definitions and causes of faminesthroughout history:
Then, utilizing (relatively, no older than 3 years) current newsreports, describe one of the following current food shortages andanswer the questions below. Please provide alist of links to your sources at the bottom of thepage.
The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
Venezuela
Yemen
South Sudan
- Describe the features of the shortage. What is theroot cause, how many people are affected?
- What are the outcomes of these shortages? Are people starving,dying, fleeing? What other effects do the food shortages have ontheir lives?
- Describe at least two non-governmental aid organizations thatare working to provide relief. What is the organization,what do they provide?
- Research a non-governmental food aid organization in theUS. What is the organization, what do they provide?
- Compare and contrast food insecurity in the US with the foodshortage you have selected. What are thecommonalities? What are the major differences?
- Provide a personal reflection on what you havelearned. How do you relate to thisinformation? Were you previously aware of this crisis?What is the most important, interesting, or impactful thing youhave learned?
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