GEOG10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Amartya Sen, Social Forces, Usufruct
28 Jul 2018
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Famines often take place in situations of moderate to good food availability, without any significant decline of food supply per head. - sen 1981. One of the most densely populated places in the world, and in 1943 a severe famine occurred. Food availability decline (fad) not an explanation: Current supply was not equal to market supply. Economic shifts that caused famine were permanent. Wages didn"t keep pace with rising rice prices (inflation) Fishermen, haircutters, craftsmen, agri landless labourers, transporters and general labourers. Those who cultivated rice were least affected. Sen"s entitlements approach: the limits of abundance thinking. Focuses on relationship bet. pop and food supply. > i. e. water availability, land degradation, arable land Many famines occurred where no food availability deficit. People can acquire food legally from several sources production, trade, labour, gifts or transfers. Is there enough food or does everybody have enough food: entitlements and distribution theory.
