Geography 1400F/G Lecture Notes - Trans-Saharan Trade, Food Security, Hut Tax
27 Jan 2014
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Sahel region has had massive famines and even in west africa there was a famine that affected 20 million people, this was in 2012. Economist talks about repeated cycles of food insecurities to man. Answer: nutrition crisis is the caused by the earth. Covert famine - stunts their development, saps their strength and cripples their immune systems. Fao argues there is a covert famine with us all the time. Enough food in world to feed it 1. 5 times. Sub-saharan africa is place of famine, food insecurity and hunger. Undernourished lack of protein and vitamins ingested (vitamin deficiency in children and adults, children more so) In last decade sub saharan countries have been growing considerably. Climate isn"t necessarily determining the problems in the areait might be something else. This area was a region that was home to very significant empires at the civilization levels, great agricultural hearths on the planet, large ancient cities and innovation.
