World Food Day
2012: KS3
Pupils at Langobaya school Kenya,
collect their free school lunch.
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Maize is the most widely grown staple crop in
Africa – more than 300 million Africans depend
on it as their main food source.
Thikhala Chilembwe, 14, from Malawi.
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Margret David harvests a healthy crop
from her garden in Malawi.
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Why has this maize crop dried up?
Can you think of three reasons?
The Yaa family's failed maize crop in
Langobaya, Kenya.
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Mariam Yaa, 10, collects water and tends the
Mariam Yaa, 10, at her homestead in
family’s goats in Langobaya, Kenya.
Kenya.
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The Yaa family’s
maize crop has failed
due to recurrent
drought.
As a result, the family
have only 5kg of
beans and 5kg of rice
to eat for the next
three weeks.
Karisa, Mariam and Karembo Yaa
at home in Langobaya, Kenya.
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Consequences wheel
No
water
supply
What are the
consequences
of drought?
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Flash floods used to happen here every four to six
years. However, due to deforestation and climate
change,
there
have
Mukta
and her friends
in their home
villagebeen floods here for eight out of
in Sunamganj district, Bangladesh.
the last 10 years.
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Mukta’s mother, Shofikun, plants rice with the
community in Char Harikesh, Bangladesh.
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“I feel afraid. When the floods come, our houses fall – everything collapses. Strong
floods suddenly rush down the mountains and we run to the school building to take
shelter. We don’t have enough food. You get pains in your stomach if you can’t eat.”
Mukta and her mother Shofikun.
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“Father sowed the fields and mother and I helped with the weeding. After the paddy grew, we
dried the crops under the sun and then sold some, but kept half for ourselves. Before, we went
hungry and earning money was difficult, but now I like the harvesting season.”
Mukta and her mother Shofikun.
Mukta in the family's vegetable garden.
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Reuben Chidimba with a baby goat
at home in Rumphi district, Malawi.
Reuben plays with his village friends.
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Thabu Chidimba, a smallholder farmer, in the
fields she shares with other local women.
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Describe what you see in this picture. Do you think it
would be easy or difficult to grow food in this area?
Typical landscape in Rumphi district, Malawi.
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What links all these pictures together?
Lina Gondwe helps sprouting
maize plants to grow.
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Contrasting methods of growing maize, Rumphi
District, Malawi.
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Compost heaps made by women
farmers in Rumphi district, Malawi.
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Thabu and other women farmers on their irrigated
land, Rumphi District, Malawi
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Key question: why do one in six
people go hungry?
The way we are producing
food is unsustainable
We need to redesign the whole
food system
Global food prices are rising
due to extreme weather
Too much land is being used to
grow crops for biofuels
Lamb, beef and cheese have the
largest food footprint
People living in poverty don’t
have money to buy food
People in developing countries
are not growing enough food
There are too many people in the
world and not enough food
We are eating too much meat
We are wasting too much food
Climate change is causing
more extreme weather
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Zone of relevance
Why do one in
six people go
hungry?
Most relevant points
Relevant points
Irrelevant points
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• Investigate one of the questions above.
• Present your findings to the class in a creative way.
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Further information sources/ interesting articles
Hunger http://www.wfp.org/hunger/faqs
The last thing our hungry world needs is more food
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1353810/Beddingtons-perfect-stormLast-thing-hungry-world-needs-food.html#ixzz26pnCk2EK
Global food prices rise in July due to extreme weather
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19193390
Lamb, beef and cheese have the largest food footprint
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/986252/lamb_beef_and_chee
se_have_largest_food_footprint.html
Meat eaters guide to climate and health
http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/
The food crisis should not be left to cowboy capitalists, Jeremy Grantham,
Financial Times August 14 2012, http://www.ft.com
The future of food and farming, John Beddington, Chief Scientific adviser
http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/foresight/docs/food-and-farming/11-547-future-offood-and-farming-summary
Water, drought and food http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/faqs.html
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