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Card #37: Hunger

 

Hunger can be caused by lower agricultural yields and by the loss of marine biodiversity.

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Causes

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Other causes

  • Freshwater resources if we consider that hunger and famines are not only a lack of food but also a lack of water.

Other consequences

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].

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