En-en adult card 37 famines

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Card #37: Famines

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Starvation can be caused by lower agricultural yields and by the reduction of marine biodiversity.

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Causes

Freshwater resources if we consider that a famine is not only a lack of food but also a lack of water.

To go further

12th March 2020: The Food and Agriculture Organization warns of a new locust invasion in Kenya in Somalia and Ethiopia (terrestrial biodiversity) that poses an unprecedented threat to food security (lower agricultural yields)[1].

Decrease in the quantity of fruit trees in the Sahel[2].

Crop yields in South Asia declining despite technological improvements[3].

References

  1. ↑ United Nations Horn of Africa: Worst locust invasion in decades (FAO) (French)
  2. ↑ AR5 WG2 IPCC, Food security in the Sahel (French)
  3. ↑ AR5 WG2 IPCC, medium confidence, minor contribution from climate change
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