Human case studies

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What is the effectiveness of one past attempt to achieve food security at a national level case study?
The wheat programme
What is the effectiveness of one present attempt to achieve food security at a national level case study?
SAGCOT
What is the one attempting helping achieve food security at a local scale case study?
Goat aid
What are some facts about Tanzania?
Tanzania is in Africa, south of the equator and on the East coast next to the Indian Ocean.
It is one of the poorest countries and has a population of 51 million.
What is goat aid?
Between 1999 and 2006 the uk-based charity Farm Africa ran a goat aid programme with the aim of improving household nutrition and income for villagers in the Babati district.
The charity imported Toggenburg goats at a cost of £400 each- in total £200,000 was invested.
These goats were chosen as they produce 3 litres of milk a day.
What are some advantages of Goat aid?
Brings village together as they look after the goats.
Goat milk and meat is an excellent food source.
Goats breed easily which makes it sustainable.
What are some disadvantages of Goat aid?
Family has to provide food and shelter for the goat.
Goats require a lot of water which is a scarce source.
Veterinary care is expensive and will be hard to find.
Is goat aid sustainable and successful?
Knowledge can be passed on once taught once.
The benefits are more than just the milk.
Goats can reproduce and then pass on to other families.
Food, shelter, veterinary care will need to be provided.
What is the wheat programme case study?
In 1975, Tanzania relied on emergency food aid for the first time in history.
Tanzania asked Canada for help in growing wheat because they had expertise.
Between 1968-1993 Canada provided £95 million in aid.
The wheat programme covered 26,400 hectares.
At first it was free, later Tanzania had to pay and later caused conflict and was controversial.
What are the advantages of the wheat programme?
The project provided 60% of Tanzanias wheat.
120 people received training in wheat production.
Road, rail and electricity connections were improved.
400 people worked on the farms.
150 mechanics gained skills in maintaining farm machinery.
In the topic urban futures which is the AC city?
Birmingham
Birmingham's location...
It is the second largest city in the UK and it is located in the West Midlands region of England.
Why is birmingham important within its region?
Several major brands are located in Birmingham bringing in tourists and money for the city. eg. cadburys, birds custard, HP sauce.
During the industrial revolution, Birmingham was at the forefront of worldwide advances in science, technology and economic development. This means it is important as its generated a lot of jobs for the region.
Why is Birmingham important within the UK?
It has the second largest economy within the UK with a GDP of US $121.1 billion. This means it is important for the UK as it brings/ generates a huge amount of wealth to the country and provides lots of jobs.
The city is an important manufacturing and engineering centre , employing over 100,000 people in the industry and contributing billions of pounds to the UK economy.
Why is birmingham important within the wider world?
It has six universities and so it makes it the largest centre of higher education outside of London. This attracts many migrants for the high quality of education.
What is the LIDC- one initiative to make the city more sustainable?
Lagos state integrated waste management project
What is the Lagos waste management project?
It has two aims to manage the issue of waste accumulation and disposal in a sustainable way. The aims are: reduce the amount of waste going into landfill sites. Reduce air pollution.
Where is a waste management project already happening?
Ikosi fruit market- this is where electricity generated from rotting fruit is used to provide lighting for the market.
Olusosun- ( a large rubbish dump). Pipes are being placed into the rubbish to collect the methane so that it can be taken to generators. The electricity generated will be used to power the dump, which is open 24 hours a day.
Is the Lagos waste management project sustainable?
+= Waste being turned into compost reduces the amount of methane being released from landfill and therefore reduces the amount of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere and contributing to global warming
+= electricity can be generated from waste/ rotting fruit
-= For the workers, the waste will be smelly and could lead to health issues.
-= Although the world bank fund this now, this may not happen forever
Why is Lagos important within its region, country and world?
Biggest city in Africa
Main financial centre for the whole of West Africa
International port and airport
Important centre for trade- within Africa and across the world
Lots of global companies located there
What are the patterns of national and international migration in Lagos?
96% people arriving in Lagos come from within Nigeria- there is very little international migration.
Lagos is the smallest city in terms of land area in Nigeria but the largest city in the country- over 20 million.
It has a growth rate of 500,000 per year.
Where is the DRC?
The DRC is a huge country in central Africa. It is nearly landlocked, having just a tiny coastline.
It has a population of 79 million and a high fertility rate of 6.
What is the example of a top down project?
Grand Inga dam- construction began in 2017 and had an estimated starting cost of $80 billion which was donated by the world bank.
The plan is to build the world's biggest hydro power dam. It could produce 42,000 MW of power which would make it the world's largest dam.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the grand inga dam?
+=cheap/clean energy for all of the DRC and some to sell to other countries too.
+= The large scale means it will benefit lots of the country.
-= no compensation has been given to the people who have had to relocate.
-= communities down stream rely on the river for fishing and farming- they're worried about what will happen to their supply.
What is the example of a bottom up project?
Eastern Congo initiative- this charity was founded in 2010 by ben aflect. It is a charity whose aim is to create opportunities for social and economic development for the people of eastern Congo?
What are the examples of the smaller projects the ECI support?
Children's voice: they help get children of the street and into education. ECI has helped provide education for over 600 children.
HEAL africa- another grantee and they focus on helping provide medical help and councillors in the community.
What are some of the MDGs and have they been able to be achieved?
The MDGS aimed to improve life within LIDCs.
1.Halve the number of people living in extreme poverty or suffering from hunger. (% living in poverty decreased from 71% in 2005 to 63% in 2012.)
2. Make sure that all children go to primary school. ( primary education increased from 35% in 1999 to 72% in 2013)
6. stop spread of major diseases including malaria and HIV ( malaria has halved)
How has the environment caused problems for DRC?
Large country- goods have to transported a long way.
Small coastline(37km) so difficult to trade.
Frequent floods ruin crops and destroy housing/ roads.
access the extent to which a countries politics has been the greatest influence on its development?
In the drc it used to be a Belgium colony from 1885 to 1960. Joseph Mobutu seizes control in 1965. His rule prevented the DRC from devevloping as : corruption was widespread - he allowed armed forces to loot the country and take good and money. He refused to pay debts to Belgium who cancelled aid projects in the country.
In 1975 the country had 887 pounds of debt and by 1990 this became 10 billion pounds.
In 1997 mobutu was overthrown and this unrest led to a civil war which lasted until 2003.
What is international trade like in the DRC?
Until recently, the drc has had a trade deficit, meaning it imported more than it exported.
Their main exports are primary products eg. crude oil, minerals.
+=wealth from trade improves standard of living and gives opportunities for investment.
-= the DRCs reliance on trading primary goods makes it vulnerable to falling prices.
What is banro?
Banro is a Canadian gold mining company.
Has 4 projects based across the DRC.
+= 1500 jobs were created
+= banro contributes $120 million to the drc each year through taxes and spending on local goods and services.
-= mining causes people to lose their homes and farmland.