food
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DMA:103 RESERCH METHODS FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
1)DEVELOPED RESEARCH QUESTIONS
a) What is food insecurity?
b) Which parts of Africa has it affected?
c) Has the problem been addressed?
d) When was it first noted internationally?
e) What are the resolutions?
2)OBJECTIVES
a) Reasons for food insecurity in Africa
b) RESEACH QUESTIONS DEVELOPED RESEACH QUESTIONS DEVELOPED Solving food insecurity in Arica
3)PROBLEM STATEMENT
Food is a necessity in every living thing. In recent times however its shortage has been witnessed hence posing a threat to human life. In 1974 world food conference it was identified that there was massive food shortages and starvations of people around the world .A conclusion was drawn to establish a solution and deal out with the issue in a swift way. After research and long struggles to find a solution it was discovered in another conference meeting held in 1983 that it was unfounded since food increment was not an easy task.
In Africa the problem had hit very hard but to some communities in Africa they had enough food in the basket. Zambia as an example people living along Luapula valley were food secured due to their traditional way of life. Women are the subsistence farmers while men look for other sources of incomes to their families. This proved food security to that community alone but never worked or spread to other communities thus not being effective to solve the issue. In Juba valley in Somalia food security was never an issue since they enjoyed food security up to 1991 when a civil war broke out. This affected them by forcing the population to run for safety to other towns such as Mogadishu, Kismayo and north eastern part of Kenya thus making them refugees and food insecure. In 1993 they tried going back but only few people went and due to fear in them they did small scale farming next to their hurts for not being certain of their future in their homes.
Food security is not a national problem but an
DMA:103 RESERCH METHODS FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
1)DEVELOPED RESEARCH QUESTIONS
a) What is food insecurity?
b) Which parts of Africa has it affected?
c) Has the problem been addressed?
d) When was it first noted internationally?
e) What are the resolutions?
2)OBJECTIVES
a) Reasons for food insecurity in Africa
b) RESEACH QUESTIONS DEVELOPED RESEACH QUESTIONS DEVELOPED Solving food insecurity in Arica
3)PROBLEM STATEMENT
Food is a necessity in every living thing. In recent times however its shortage has been witnessed hence posing a threat to human life. In 1974 world food conference it was identified that there was massive food shortages and starvations of people around the world .A conclusion was drawn to establish a solution and deal out with the issue in a swift way. After research and long struggles to find a solution it was discovered in another conference meeting held in 1983 that it was unfounded since food increment was not an easy task.
In Africa the problem had hit very hard but to some communities in Africa they had enough food in the basket. Zambia as an example people living along Luapula valley were food secured due to their traditional way of life. Women are the subsistence farmers while men look for other sources of incomes to their families. This proved food security to that community alone but never worked or spread to other communities thus not being effective to solve the issue. In Juba valley in Somalia food security was never an issue since they enjoyed food security up to 1991 when a civil war broke out. This affected them by forcing the population to run for safety to other towns such as Mogadishu, Kismayo and north eastern part of Kenya thus making them refugees and food insecure. In 1993 they tried going back but only few people went and due to fear in them they did small scale farming next to their hurts for not being certain of their future in their homes.
Food security is not a national problem but an