Ethiopia Famine, 2015

• Ethiopia Famine, 2015:

  • What lead to famine happening? The failure of the 2 rainy seasons.
  • What happened as a result? In one area, 2 babies die in a day and crop yields have decreased by 90%
  • How is help being provided? The UN provided food aid.
• 83% of Ethiopians live in rural areas where families are dependent on their own agricultural production.
• 2 examples of shrinking natural resources are:

  • pasture land
  • surface water
• They migrate to less affected areas when drought occurs.
• $5.4 billion in food aid have been donated to the Ethiopia between 2000 and 2010.