Geography 1500F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Food Security, Pastoralism, Geopolitics
14 Dec 2018
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Case study: food security in the horn of africa: africa. 54 countries; population: 1 billion; over 1000 languages spoken: africa includes cities and wealth. Cities: dar es salaam, johannesburg, abidjan, nairobi all aroung the size of toronto. Mpesa mobile phone money transfer system, pioneered in kenya. Many places skipped land lines entirely: heroes, africa still feels the effects of colonialism. Colonial governments gave european settler more rights, better land then africans. Conditional aid: loans or aid money tied to specific policies. Horn of africa: livelihoods: agriculture, pastoralism (heading cattle, goats) Some pastoralists are nomadic: move with the seasons to find better vegetation: fishing in coastal areas. Drought: across the region, low rainfall for several years in a row. Severe drought in 15-16 linked to el nino: results: Conflict leads to displacement: dadab refugee complex, kenya: population 235,000 as of jan2018, somali refugee came in two waves. 2011 famine: ethiopia and yemen also host around 250. 000 somali refugees each.
