4/3 and 4/6 Strategies to manage food shortage by tantan

4/3 and 4/6 Strategies to manage food shortage by tantan https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41 en-us 2016-05-20 07:37:31 UTC 2024-11-28 13:24:59 UTC hello@padlet.com philovintage https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/111809831
Answer the questions in your group after watching the video and reading the article in the following links:http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/26/nigeria-food-crisis-short-rainy-season
Questions:
1. What type of food insecurity (lack of food or lack of nutrition) is the most prevalent in Nigeria?
2. What factors foster food insecurity in Nigeria? [Possible answers: dry season, lack of government support, price instability]
3. What conclusions can you draw about the role of government in ensuring food security from this video?

]]> 2016-05-20 07:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/111809831 philovintage https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112246932 2016-05-24 02:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112246932 philovintage https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112246961 2016-05-24 02:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112246961 Group 3 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611433 Hui Yi, Mariam, Zulhilmi and Jia Le
1. Nigeria is experiencing lack of nutritious food, as seen from the video, which cited that the Nigerians do not have access to real seasoning, and have to use MSG instead, which is an unhealthy alternative.

2. Shortage of food is the result of lack of governmental support, which is amplified by extreme weather conditions, or droughts/lack of water for agriculture. Government pledged to build dams to channel water to farm lands to irrigate them. However, although the dams were build, there were not enough pumps built to channel water to these dams, thus the dams were useless. A dam is a must in a country like Nigeria

3. Various governmental agencies such as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency has advised farmers to use early maturing seeds for the shorter crop season ]]> 2016-05-26 00:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611433 Group 4 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611435 1. The type of food security that is most prevalent in Nigeria is the lack of food. This is shown in the article stating that Nigeria is facing a food crisis due to different factor that may affect their food production.

2. Factor that foster food insecurity in Nigeria is firstly due to the extreme weather. As Nigeria is an LDC that highly dependant on weather to grow their crops, the change of weather could affect hugely the yield of the crops. This is shown in the video that despite the Nigeria Goverment have created the dam, their problem of extreme weather do not solve their problem.

3. The government constructed several dams, such as the Jabba dam.

The government plays an important role in ensuring food security. As seen from the video, the people in Nigeria did not have the support from the government, as the government did not control the prices, leading to price hikes during some seasons.

]]> 2016-05-26 00:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611435 GROUP 11 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611656 We are jitwei, olivia and zi xuan. Nice!
1. The type of food security that is most prevalent in Nigera is the lack of nutrition. It is shown in the video that two third of Nigeria's children are moderately or severely underweight.
3. The government has to improve farming and control the prices of the crops. They provide economic support for the farmers to produce crops. Governement stabilise food prices by building strategically reserved places and facilities (silos) to store food in the cases of severe food short.age]]> 2016-05-26 00:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611656 Group 8 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611665 Christy, Mint, Anna
1. Lack of food.
2. High prices of fertilisers, seeds (affect growth of crops) and diesel oil (affect dams and irrigation schemes). Poor governance. Dry season.
3. Government plays an important role in ensuring food security. The shift in national focus from agriculture to oil production also caused many farmers to migrate to the cities and hence reduced the amount of produce. Hence, money made from selling of oil was instead used to buy food items that were previously their main export. This also resulted in unfinished projects that were targeted to help agriculture eg. building of dams and grainary. ]]> 2016-05-26 00:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611665 Group 10 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611726 ZHikuan, maccolm, liwen, szejie
1. Lack of nutrition- 1/3 of children in nigeria is moderately to severely underweight, crop yield is unpredictable, giving rise to uncertainties in people.
2. Lack of facilities( caused by lack of government support)- silos, which are used to store grains, supposed to have about 3 dozens of these but fewer than half are ever completed and in those that were completed, more than half failed.
Price flunctuations- no control of price of commodities in the market. One season the prices are high, in another it is low. Price volatility.
Oil industry- The lure of easy money shift priorities. being a country which has oil resources, they export oil to other countries to earn money instead of shifting their focus to
Social Unrest- Farmers abandon their farms due to islamist insurgency]]> 2016-05-26 00:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611726 Group 7 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611758
Gwyneth Gan (10) , Chloe Low(21), Yunjae (25), Ashley ow (26)
1. Food shortages. They are unable to grow food due to the land not being irrigated and they have to import crops from neighbouring countries instead of growing their own crops.

2. Lack of goverment support. The promises that the governement made the farmers are not being carried out. The governement does not work with the farmers and the market, to control the prices of the food.The structures built to enable the better water supply, like canals, are dry, thus not improving the situation.

3. The role of the government is very important as they have to ensure that there is enough resources (such as water) for agriculture. One example is the dams constructed, where most of them are not used due to the unstable supply of electricity. Additionally, they have to construct enough storage facilities for t

]]> 2016-05-26 00:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611758 Group 9 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611761 Riz, Elizabeth, Ancel

Q1) The lack of food is the most prevalent food insecurity present. Nigeria is having difficulty producing its own food and was driven to import food to support the population
Q2) [environmental]
extreme weathers- droughts
[social]
unstable government;
lack of storage facilities or unifinished storage facilities (due to lack of materials)
lack of electricity for dam
high diesel prices thus farmers unable to afford to operate machines for cultivation

Q3) Role of government: Control prices of commodities and grain (prevent a collapse in food prices)- storing crops (for ]]> 2016-05-26 00:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611761 Group 2-Zhi Sen,Mikail, Keane, and Jordan https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611801 1.The more prevalent food insecurity is the lack of food. According to the Guardian article;"rains, which normally come in May, could start a month later and dry up before September, curtailing the planting and cropping season.

"All these factors put together are a great source of concern on possible food shortage at the end of the rainy season and the lean period when food stocks are usually depleted,"

2, Fluctuations of prices between seasons for diesel fuel . Due to lack of diesel fuel, there is no energy for the pumps to operate which results in the canals being unable to function like they were supposed to. This results in water being unable to reach certain parts of the land, However, many dams were built and irrigation methods were used to allow farmers to continue farming during the dry seasons.
There has also been an increase in the prices of fertilisers and seeds which results in a lower yield of crops as lesser crops are being planted.
The government does not control the prices of the seeds, diesel oil and other resources. The government is trying to stabilise prices by building a strategic reserve which enables it to buy grain as well as store grain and release it into the market to counter the increase of prices in the market.

3.
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]]> 2016-05-26 00:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611801 Group 2 or 6 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611810 We are Valerie Lim, Shi Xiao Xuan and Karen Tjia

1.
-lack of food

2.
-Dry season
-Lack of support from government
-fluctuating prices of maize
- price of diesel fuel for machinery.

3.
-Government should control prices of crops by controlling the production of each type of crop.
-Store crops in silos to reserve food.
-Construct the dams to improw irrrigation

]]> 2016-05-26 00:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611810 Group 5 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611815 1.Lack of food

2. -Dry Season-causes some crops to be unsuitable to be cultivated as there is lack of water supply, from the video it can be seen that although the government has buit dams the problem is still not solved, resulting in a lower yield of crops in the country.
-Nigerians do not wang to farm- Many of them prefer to sell oil products rather than do farming, this causes many to move away from farming activties, leading to a shortage of food supply.
Price Instability - the price varies according to the seasons
Pressure from neighbouring countries - Increase in demand for food from Niger due to the food shortage crisis in Niger has made the food crisis situation in Nigeria worse

]]> 2016-05-26 00:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611815 Group 1 (;D) https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611921 Group Members: yu xian , jin kai , ernest , zhong heng.

1. What type of food insecurity (lack of food or lack of nutrition) is the most prevalent in Nigeria?
Answer: Lack of food

2. What factors foster food insecurity in Nigeria? [Possible answers: dry season, lack of government support, price instability]
Answer: Price of crops is volatile due to the lack of government support. Dry seasons and lack of proper storage for crops. Due to a changing climate, the rainy seasons are come later than usual, but ends earlier. (by September) The electricity supply is not constant around the area , resulting in insufficient water supply to neighboring farms. This results in farmers fleeing from their farms and going to other areas.

3. What conclusions can you draw about the role of government in ensuring food security from this video?
Answer: Government can help to stabilise the price of crops by storing crops in advance to prepare for the dry seasons or build dams for irrigation to grow crops during the dry season.

]]> 2016-05-26 00:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/112611921 'The UN Sustainable Development Goal aims to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030.' To what extent do you agree that food security is achievable for all? [8] philovintage https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113411430 2016-06-02 02:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113411430 Group 5 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113414435 Ying Xuan(35) 4/3, Crystal Tay(9)4/6, Su Aung (23)4/6, Esther Ng (24) 4/6]]> 2016-06-02 02:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113414435 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113414806 Group 7
Gwyneth Gan (10) , Yunjae (25), Ashley Ow (26)

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“The UN Sustainable Development Goal aims to achieve ZERO HUNGER by 2030.”
To what extent do you agree that food security is achievable for all? (8m)

I do not agree to this statement to a large extent. Food security can be improved, however it is not achievable for each and every one.

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. However, it is difficult to achieve, especially with the rising prices of food crops.

Firstly, the less developed regions usually have no stability of food supply. The governments can choose whether to increase the amount of imports, or the amount of food production. Food production can be increased by improving technology so as to increase the crop yield, and increasing the agricultural land through the opening of new areas for agriculture. The less developed regions have an abundant source of land for agricultural purposes, however, they lack the technology and the funds to do so. As a result, the government prioritise imports as ta temporary measure to suffice their population. However, the imports come from developed countries, where their technology is abundant and they are easy to produce crops which are imbued with technology. However in less developed countries, they rely more on the imports from other countries, due to their inadequate production of food crops. The imports come from the developed countries, which strikes a profit off when they sell it off and prices which are difficult to afford for the less fortunate in the less developed regions. As a result, the richer people in the less developed regions will only have food security, while the less fortunate will have no food security.

Furthermore, less developed countries are also less capable of dealing with fluctuations in food prices, proving even the imports of food to be problematic. For example, during the hurricane disaster in 2004 in Jamaica, they were unable to import food due to the expensive prices of the food, while on the other hand for developed countries such as Singapore, our reliance on food imports make up more than 90 percent of our food supply. This is further worsened by the presence of civil wars and natural disasters. In the civil war in Libya in April 2011, the United Nations World Food Programme reported that food stocks in the country were rapidly depleting and were not being replenished. Cities and areas with heavy fighting also reported both food and water shortages, while safety concerns restricted people venturing to buy or find food. During the food shortage in Zimbabwe in 2008 due to a severe drought, Most their corn harvests were rendered impossible, and in particular, the worst affected areas were the rural and neglected regions.

In addition to these, governments are not doing much to aid their countries. For example, In Nigeria 2009, the price of crops is volatile due to the lack of government support. The dry seasons and lack of proper storage for crops further worsens this situation. Due to a changing climate, the rainy seasons are come later than usual, but ends earlier by September. The electricity supply is not constant around the area, resulting in insufficient water supply to neighbouring farms. This results in farmers fleeing from their farms and going to other areas, while the government could help to stabilise the price of crops by storing crops in advance to prepare for the dry seasons or building dams for irrigation to grow crops during the dry season, which they are not doing so due to a lack of monetary funds.

In conclusion, food security can be improved, however, it still proves difficult for it to be achievable for all.

Well Written with clear examples and ideas are well organised with a balanced view of comparing the richer countries with the poor.]]> 2016-06-06 01:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733540 Oh Yunjae https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733668 2016-06-06 02:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733668 Gwyneth :) https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733812 2016-06-06 02:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733812 Chloe Low(21)  4/3 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733822 2016-06-06 02:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733822 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733853 Olivia Khoo 4/6 (15)]]> 2016-06-06 02:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733853 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733854 Yap Zi Xuan]]> 2016-06-06 02:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733854 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733883 Jin Kai 4/3]]> 2016-06-06 02:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733883 Ying Xuan (35)4/3 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733978 2016-06-06 02:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733978 Yi Lin (31) 4/6 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733997 2016-06-06 02:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113733997 Chang Jit Wei 4/6 (5) https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734014 2016-06-06 02:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734014 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734030 2016-06-06 02:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734030 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734076 Christy's ]]> 2016-06-06 02:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734076 Muhd Zulhilmi https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734125 2016-06-06 02:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734125 https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734188 2016-06-06 02:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734188 Steven Cungwanara 4/6 (29) https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734189 2016-06-06 02:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734189 hi mrs tan https://padlet.com/philovintage/foodshortagestrategies41/wish/113734191 happy holidays
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