FOOD INSECURITY IN NORTH KOREA DROUGHT IN NORTHERN CHINA
Hitting eight provinces and affecting 34 million people in the north of the People's Republic of China, drought damage to the wheat harvest was likely a factor in an increase in worldwide wheat prices in early 2011.
late 2010 –January 2011 N. KOREA JAPAN CHINA PAKISTAN
FLOODS IN CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CHINA Floods inundated portions of 12 provinces.
ERITREA DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA
SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA
SOMALIA KENYA
FLOODING IN CAMBODIA More than 1.5 million people were affected by floods, which destroyed more than10% of the rice crop.
November 2011
MAJOR FLOODS DURING THAI MONSOON SEASON Severe flash flooding affected 60 out of 77 provinces, damaging at least 1.6 million hectares of standing crops.
July –late November 2011 AUSTRALIA THAILAND CAMBODIA
Torrential rain in the Yangtze delta reduced vegetable production by 20%, pushing up prices for green vegetables by as much as 40%. There were also reports of shortages of fruits and grains.
June –September 2011
A bitter winter, crop loss, and a lack of resources to secure outside cereal supplies left 3.5 million people highly vulnerable to food shortages.
December 2011
DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA Drought, conflict, and high food and fuel prices affected more than 13 million people. Direct food transfers, cash, and vouchers provided a lifeline to the hungry within Somalia, and Somali refugees fleeing to Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya. More than 50,000 people may have died.
July 2011– present FLOODING IN PAKISTAN
Severe flooding affected more than 5 million people and destroyed more than half a million hectares of standing crops. 75,000 head of livestock were lost, more than 70% of crops were destroyed or damaged, as were almost 70% of food stocks in the affected region.
September 2011
FLOODING & CYCLONE IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA A series of floods affected 70 towns and more than 200,000 people. The grain industry was expected to lose about US$400 million in revenue and experience grain losses of up to 500,000 tons. Estimates suggested fruit and vegetable revenue would decline by 9% for 2010–11, a combined loss of approximately US$792 million.
December 2010 –January 2011
JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND NUCLEAR CRISIS A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami set off a nuclear crisis because of huge leaks of radiation. Detection of radioactivity in some food samples led to concerns about food safety and trade restrictions by some countries.
March 2011
SOURCES: Food Security and Food Safety: Earth Policy Institute; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; The Guardian; United States Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Oxfam; PricewaterhouseCoopers; National Committee for Disaster Management (Cambodia); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; United Nations World Health Organization; United Nations World Food Programme; World Bank. The High Price of Mother Nature: Munich Re.
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