Researching Global Futures

... Andrew Monk Candidate Number: 6119 Centre Number: 28144 Advanced Level Geography: Edexcel B Specification Unit 5b) Researching Global Futures "Challenges for Human Environments" 'Food aid is never the answer to famine'. Discuss this statement with reference to a range of famine areas. The opening paragraph of a report written in 1999 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) made for grim reading: "Almost 800 million people in the developing world do not have enough to eat. Another 34 million people in the industrialized countries and countries in transition also suffer from chronic food insecurity" It is apparent that globally there is a serious problem with providing enough food to eat to everyone that requires it. This report will, by its conclusion, have studied whether 'Food aid is (never) the answer to famine' or not. In order for this conclusion to be firmly established, it is required that a definition for what a famine is, and

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