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Famine in Ethiopia – case study

• Examine the variety of causes responsible for a recent famine.

What sub-questions do we need to answer?

Ethiopia has a long history of suffering from famine...

• Famine – 1984 – killed 1 million people• Watch the BBC documentary that was

released at the time... (7mins)• This was maybe one of the most

important and influential pieces of news ever broadcasted. It made the Australian PM weep in public and started a massive international aid operation (including the Live Aid concerts).

Famine in Ethiopia - 2009

• Watch the BBC documentary about the more recent famine, in 2009 (7 mins)

• Make notes to help you answer this question...

• Examine the variety of causes responsible for a recent famine.

Economic dumping

• Over supply in rich countries..• Record prices globally… funny that!

• Excess supply given as food aid ‘economic dumping’. Keeps prices high globally but creates a long term dependency even if short term relief

Examine the variety of causes responsible for a recent famine

(10m)• You are going to be researching the Ethiopian

famine (2009) to help you answer this exam question.

• Use p. 264-266 of IB Geography course companion and your video notes to help plan an answer to the above question.

• http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/oct/14/un-global-food-crisis-warning

• Next lesson you will be answering the question in timed conditions and without your notes.

Malnutrition is not due to a shortage in the global production of food. Choose a country that is suffering from a long-term shortage of food and explain why this happens.[10 marks]

Malnutrition is not due to a shortage in the global production of food. Choose a country that is suffering from a long-term shortage of food and explain why this

happens.[10 marks] May 2003Ethiopia?

• Define malnutrition • Explain why there isn’t a shortage of food in the world • External factors

– Trade barriers– Tariffs– Government policy

• Internal factors– Environment– Poor infrastructure– Lack mechanisation– War– Foreign aid

Conclusion – make decisions

• You can only score a maximum of 5/10 if it is not case study specific

Peer assessment

• Using the mark scheme to help you, read the response one of your classmates wrote...

Identify:• 3 things that were done well• 3 things that could be improved on

• Give it a grade according to the markscheme