Hunger in Africa

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Hunger in Africa

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Study guide for Africa for Summit

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•60% of Africans go to bed hungry

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•Half of those 60% are seriously malnourished

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•Only 37% have access to clean drinking water

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•Millions died in famines in Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique, and Sudan

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• In the early 1960’s Africa produced 95% of its needed food -- today, every country imports food

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•Population is going up 3.5% a year, food is going down 2.5% a year

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•Food production is 20% lower than in 1970, when the population was half what it is now

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•Reasons for hunger in Africa

>Growing population, fastest growing of any continent in history

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>Lack of water -- 47% of Africa is too dry for rainfed crops

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-- Not enough money for irrigation

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>Lack of topsoil -- expanding desert

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-- erosion by wind

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-- tribes cutting wood for fires

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-- livestock eating ground cover

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-- burning for planting

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-- droughts

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>Little understanding of modern technology

-- much farming still done by hand on small plots

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-- lack of education

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> Governments keep prices of food low to keep themselves popular, but farmers then can’t make a living

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> Lack of storage facilities

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> Lack of transportation

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> Bugs and pests eating crops

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> Disease carrying bugs in fertile areas

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> No development of high yielding seeds suitable for African climates

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> Wars -- farmers become soldiers

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-- farms become battlefields

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-- Refugees leave their homes and farms

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