GEOG10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Least Developed Countries, Aid Effectiveness, Blood Diamond
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Lecture 21: armed conflict and food security - 21/05/19. Extrastate and interstate conflicts have been on the decline intrastate: political violence b/w armed groups representing that state and one or more non-state groups: usually confined within borders of the state. 2016: 49 armed conflicts: 102,000 ppl killed, most had a strong foreign element. Armed conflict, hunger, famine see famines being closely assocatied with armed conflict famines triggered by conflict: somalia 2011-2012, cambodia 1979, nigeria 1968-70, s. sudan 2016-17, china 1943. Majority of ppl who are food insecure live in countries affected by armed conflict: 489 million - 815 million malnourished ppl, 122 / 155 million stunted children. Progress in reducing hunger slowest in countries affected by armed conflict countries with current protracted food crisis have experienced some form of violent conflict for most of the past 20 years. Blue line population is most undernourished when countries have a protracted crisis affected by conflict.
