AGRON 342 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Phytophthora Infestans, North Korean Famine, Janjaweed
18 Jan 2018
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Irish potato famine: 1845-1849 potato blight, 1 million died of starvation, 1. 5 million emigrated. India a british colony: british policies, land converted to british plantations, exports of crops to europe, taxed india to support british wars, price of food rose, drought decreased production, british response. Inaction, discouraged famine relief: thought to be too expensive, thought relief would encourage shirking of indian workers, result: 5 million starved to death. People most vulnerable to famine: poor rural people: crop failure, small scale farmers, unemployed tenant farmers, landless agriculture workers, conquered nations, pastoralist, drought, low animal prices. Sudan: rebellion in darfur starting 2003, region the size of france, farming villages bombed, by sudan government, to fight rebels, ethnic cleansing, by pro-arab militia (janjaweed, kill, rape, burn, genocide, 2. 5 million refugees, 200,00-450,000 dead, many from starvation. Famines are a social disaster: vulnerablility of the poor, disasters result in poor losing land, opportunity for the rich, claim to food may be lost.
