Case Study: Ethiopia

Causes
- People in rural areas not able to produce enough agriculture
produce for themselves and the community
- Only a small percentage of money given to NGOs and government
reach the people affected by famine because the money is directed
to community projects rather than food supplies
- Religious beliefs frown upon birth control so families have more
children which causes a strain on the already scare resources
- Recurrent drought has caused a poor harvest, causing food prices
to rise which has led to country to be in a vicious cycle of hunger
Impacts
- Price for food has soared to unattainable prices. This also leads to
malnutrition of the youthful population. 90Birr a bag for rice 12
months ago now 300 birr a bag of rice
- People who dont receive forced to miss vital meals each day to
savour food
- Inflation has increased to 40%, food is abundant but prices are
far too high for anyone to be able to afford it
- Government understating the current food crisis, Meaning
resources are underprovided
- Millions of people are getting poorer and poorer every year
Solutions
- Government aiming for high economic growth to filter to the
people to sustain a good standard of living
- State attempt to subside basic necessities to a low price to make it
affordable for even the most disadvantaged in the population
- UN has attempted to make the population in rural areas more
resilient and improve the rural economic infrastructure
- Attempt to make Ethiopia self-sufficient and exporter of agriculture
produce to increase economic growth
- Change of lifestyle needs to adopted (education) to make the
people more sustainable