Causes + Effects of Food Insecurity (formative) - Identify a country/region Include a map showing the pattern of “hunger”/malnutrtion in that region - describe the pattern Include a few facts about the impacts of hunger = eg. 100% of people malnutrished Briefly explain 3 causes of food insecurity. Identify if these causes are economic/political/environmental. Evaluate the statement: “to what extent is hunger + food insecurity in a region caused by political factors (in the chosen region) Hunger in Afghanistan. All the regions of Afghanistan have over 40% of the population struggling with hunger. 1. 37.3 million out of the whole population, which is 40.4 million, is struggling with hunger. 2. 5.1% of children under 5 years old are struggling with acute malnutrition. 3. 38.2% of children under 5 are struggling with chronic malnutrition. Due to the change of the government in Afghanistan, which was made by the illegal occupation of the Taliban, the country is having a lot of issues dealing with food insecurity. However, there is another reason for extreme famine in the country, which is the droughts caused by climate change. Due to the Taliban, all regions struggle with some kind of conflict, but the most common ones are protests and violence against civilians. Some regions are exposed to explosions. The USA has provided $1.1 billion to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Although a few sanctions are still imposed on the country, such measures include arms export, asset freeze and prohibition on making funds available, and restrictions on admission. The sanctions of the USA and the United Nations have caused the freeze of more than 10 billion dollars. The sudden loss in the capital has imposed a substantial economic crisis, causing businesses to shut down, which caused a high percentage of unemployment. As mentioned before, another reason is the drought which is a phenomenon called “La Niña”. This is about the wind blowing from America to Australia being too strong, which results in the warming up of the process of the Australian ocean, making evaporation occur faster. With the clouds forming faster, the precipitation is not getting the time to reach Afghanistan. Therefore, this drought has contributed to food insecurity. Crops, mainly wheat, did not grow and were dead because of the lack of precipitation. https://www.sanctionsmap.eu/#/main/details/1/?search=%7B%22value%22:%22%22,%22searchTyp e%22:%7B%7D%7D https://earth.org/the-food-crisis-in-afghanistan/#:~:text=Nearly%2020%20million%20people%20in,d roughts%20triggered%20by%20climate%20change.
