Hunger in Africa: Causes and Effects - Term Paper Example

Download file to see previous pages For over sixty years, the entire continent had been suffering from great famine and malnutrition which further lead to death among a number of individuals including poor innocent children. Parents are having a hard time giving their children sufficient and nutritious food to eat every day mainly because of poverty, poor and inadequate rainfall to water their plants and crops and high food prices. Most of the countries which are intensely affected by the hunger crisis are West Africa, South Sudan, East Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania, Chad, Senegal, etc (“Fighting Hunger in Africa”). Currently, Africa is still suffering from this kind of crisis among its people and is still having difficulty in resolving this never-ending issue. 

Hunger can cause a series of health problems and nutritional deficiencies if a person failed to eat a sufficient amount of food intake on a daily basis. These mainly include malnutrition, stunting, underweight, undernourishment, and worst death (“Hunger”). Children are at higher risk of acquiring these health conditions due to their vulnerability and low immunity. In Africa, there are about 227 million people suffering from famine and severe malnutrition. According to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad), in every minute, 12 people die in Africa because of extreme hunger (Chiumia). Most of these hungry individuals are situated in rural areas in which their means of livelihood is agriculture and has no alternative sources of income which made them highly vulnerable to a crisis like hunger (“Hunger”).

For instance, in West Africa, a number of African families had been experiencing starvation due to lack of food sources to suffice the needs of their hungry stomachs because of insufficient rainfall and failed crops. Food and even water shortage brought individuals to extreme hunger and acute malnutrition specifically children who, at their age, highly need enough food and nutrition for them to grow healthy and well-nourished. ...Download file to see next pagesRead More