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Ensuring Food Security- Ethiopia

Geographic Perspective

Environmental

Climate Change has heightened the amount of droughts and floods in Ethiopia

Severe drought is impacting crop growth making it so enough crops cannot be grown to support the population

Economic

Lack of funding: International support organizations lack enough funding to provide food to all of those that are malnourished in Ethiopa

Cost of living: rising inflation makes it harder to afford food

Political

Ethiopa houses many refugees and internally displaced people

Armed conflict: the number of severely malnourished children entering hospitals doubled when a war broke out between Ethiopa and Eritrea in 2020

Interrelationships

Human to Nature

Deforestation is occurring to make more farmland

Poor farming practices such as: over- fertilisation, farming on a slope, and over-grazing

Poor soil health

Nature to Human

Climate change is making it difficult to produce enough food for the population

Poor soil health makes it difficult to grow enough food for everyone

Severe drought causes a loss of livestock

Rising temperatures make plants lose water faster

More water is necessary to produce the same amount of crops

Patterns and Trends

Food insecurity is more prevalent in rural areas

Spatial Significance

Conflict

Relations between Somalia and Ethiopia are worsening

Chronic instability in the Horn of Africa

The Northern Region experiencing extreme food insecurity is called Tigray and it was the site of internal conflict with militants in Ethiopia in 2021

Tigray was left in ruins after the conflict

Food/Aid deliveries by the US & UN to Northern Ethiopa have been suspended due to food theft