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Nguyen Thi My Duyen – 22DH710912

FAMINE IN THE WORLD

1. A paraphrase:
Original source : Daniel Maxwell, “Famines in the 21st century? It’s not
for lack of food”, 2017.
A paraphrase : According to the article on the website
“theconversation.com”, ‘Famine killed nearly 75 million people in the 20th
century, but had virtually disappeared in recent decades. Now, suddenly, it
is back. In late February a famine was declared in South Sudan, and
warnings of famine have also recently been issued for Somalia, Nigeria and
Yemen’.
2. An example of direct quote:
Original source: Joe Hansell and Max Roser, “In many parts of the world
famines have been common in the past. What causes famines? How
famines can be averted?”, 2017.
A direct quote: I want to share with you a quote from Joe Hansell and Max
Roser “Famines have always occurred as the result of a complex mix of
‘technical’ and ‘political’ factors,but the developments of the modern
industrial era have generally reduced the salience of natural constraints in
causing famine. This includes many developments discussed in other
pages of Our World in Data, such as the increasing availability of food per
person, made possible through increasing agricultural yields; improvements
in healthcare and sanitation; increased trade; reduced food prices and food
price volatility; as well as reductions in the number of people living
in extreme poverty. Over time, famines have become increasingly “man-
made”-phenomena, becoming more clearly attributable to political causes,
including non-democratic government and conflict”.
3. An instance:
Original source: Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs,
”Famine throughout history”, 2017.
An instance: Now, let me share an example of Famine, Irish Potato
Famine: The Irish Potato famine took place in Ireland from 1845-1850. A
number of factors interacted and led to the famine. For one, a blight, or a
disease that destroyed the potato crop, caused the crop of potatoes to fail.
Making matters worse, the potato crop failed again in the following years
(1846-1849). By the mid nineteenth century, close to half of Ireland’s
population—most of whom were poor and from rural areas—depended on
the potato to survive. Dependence on the potato was a result of British
colonial policies that sought to make Ireland as profitable as possible for
Britain. As their crops failed, Irish farmers had their jobs taken from them,
they were evicted from their land, and they could not afford to feed
themselves or their families.

4. Stactics from graphic form:

20% of population are

suffering extremely food
Number of people suffer the shortage
food shortages

Source: Glober Hunger Index,” World hunger facts: What you need to know in 2023”, 2023
Source: Stephen Devereux; UN, The Economists, 2013