Hungry for Food Security- The East African Experience Senior 4: World Geography A Human Perspective - HANDOUTS -

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1 Hungry for Food Security- The East African Experience Senior 4: World Geography A Human Perspective - HANDOUTS - 1. Handouts for Lesson One: Note taking sheet for PowerPoint presentation Homework What do the experts say? 2. Assessment Assignment Assessment Assignment Expectations / Rubric Article for Media Response

2 Hungry for Food Security- The East African Experience During the PowerPoint presentation, please make sure to take good notes so that you don t miss important information. This information will be useful for you as we work through this unit. 1. What is the definition of food security? 2. How many people in Africa considered undernourished? 3. What are some causes of food insecurity? 4. What is sustainable livelihoods approach? 5. What are some possible grassroots solutions for rural African communities?

3 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT WHAT DO THE EXPERTS HAVE TO SAY? For the organization assigned to you from the list below, visit the website and research their position on the impact of globalization on food security. Does your assigned organization see globalization as an opportunity or a hindrance for enhancing food security? What are some specific examples used to back up the organization s position? Tip: try searching globalization and food security on the organization s search page! Organizations to Research: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Canadian Council for International Cooperation Food Security Policy Group Community Food Security Coalition International Development Research Centre

4 Food Security in a Globalized World Perspectives from Africa Social Studies 10 Media Response (max 500 words) Using what you have learned about the impact of globalization on food security, write a response to the article provided addressing the following: evaluate whether the article effectively addressed the relationship between the food crises in question and globalization and provide an overview of any factors overlooked explain how the food crisis could be addressed (thinking of both broad policy level changes as well as small-scale community based projects) suggest ways in which globalization could instead be used as a force for enhancing food security in the region in question Assessment Rubric Name Criteria Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Knowledge and Understanding identifies factors that affect food production and supply identifies relationship between food security and globalization Thinking and Inquiry determines additional factors affecting food security related to globalization suggests how globalization could instead support food security Application suggests broad policy level changes which could help address food insecurity identifies small scale changes which could help address food insecurity Communication uses the terminology and concepts of food security and globalization effectively in responding to the details of the article writing style is clear and uses proper structure and grammar Overall level of achievement: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Comments:

5 HORN OF AFRICA: Act now to combat food insecurity - UN officials NAIROBI, 26 June 2007 (IRIN) - At least 20 million people in the drought-plagued Horn of Africa could need emergency aid if action is not taken immediately to combat food insecurity in the region, United Nations officials said on 26 June. Photo: Allan Gichigi/IRIN The UN Special Humanitarian Envoy to the Horn of Africa, Kjell Magne Bondevik (centre), FAO Assistant Director- General Tesfai Tecle (left) and Paul Larsen, Director of the Office of the Executive Directort of WFP, at the news conference in Nairobi, Kenya "The Horn is hit by some of the world s most severe food crises and they are coming faster and more [furiously] because of climate change, environmental degradation, political and armed conflicts and a host of other factors," Kjell Magne Bondevik, the UN Special Humanitarian Envoy to the Horn of Africa, told a news conference in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. "We all now need to show the commitment to end this cycle of despair and disaster, which if not stopped could next see over 20 million people in need of assistance," he said. Bondevik spoke at the end of two days of talks in Nairobi between the six governments of the region - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda; the UN, donors, research organisations, the private sector and non-governmental organisations. The governments and the UN, he said, had agreed on a road map to combat food insecurity. At least 170 projects would be scaled up, including tree planting, rehabilitating land, veterinary services for droughtstricken pastoralists; agricultural advisory services for farmers; bee-keeping; dairy development; fisheries; micro-enterprises; eco-tourism; digging wells and irrigation systems, and establishing vegetable gardens. "Although much has been done in this regard, we must work harder to improve food security in the region; the hard work starts now," Bondevik said. "We have identified what works best and where. The biggest challenge is to scale up successes to extinguish hunger in the Horn rather than just fighting fires each time one breaks out."

6 He added: "If we want to change the Horn so it supports people instead of increasingly making them victims, I appeal to you all to back this campaign on behalf of those brave survivors of one of the harshest environments in the world. Otherwise this failure will only haunt us all." According to a joint statement by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at least 70 million people 45 percent of the total population in the Horn live in abject poverty and face food shortages. Four major droughts hit the region in the past six years. The road map, they said, resulted from government-led consultations since January 2007 with the support of FAO and WFP, to scale up Bondevik stresses a point during the news conference prioritised interventions in the six countries. The talks produced a list of "170 successful projects, an armoury of interventions that can be extended and expanded in the battle against hunger". According to WFP and FAO, the six sets of priorities for partnerships for food security in the region had been identified as: alliances to support millions of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists; the environmental challenge; combating land degradation and desertification; the role of women as a primary force for rural transformation; livelihoods diversification and income-generating activities for the food insecure; risk management and crisis response; and institutional strengthening and community-focused capacity building. "Breaking the cycle of hunger in the Horn of Africa requires joint efforts by all stakeholders governments of the region, UN agencies, NGOs and donors," Paul Gulleik Larsen, the director of the Office of the WFP Executive Director, said. "The challenge of meeting Millennium Development Goal One of cutting hunger in half is huge, but it is doable. The fact that six countries have joined this consultation shows an encouraging level of political commitment." js/mw [ENDS] Report can be found online at: [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Photo: Allan Gichigi/IRIN Copyright IRIN 2007 The material contained on comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information service, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. All IRIN material may be reposted or reprinted free-of-charge; refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use. IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.