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Disruption of food supply due to military activities

Name(s):

War-induced famine

Nature

Hundreds of thousands of people die each year from malnutrition caused by disruption of food supplies by anti-government guerrillas and other military forces. Crops are ruined, farm labourers killed, distribution networks for food and agricultural supplies are disrupted and storage facilities are damaged or destroyed. Military activities coupled with natural disasters like drought create famine. War time conditions make it nearly impossible to mount relief efforts.

Broader

Man-made famine

Crop vulnerability

Unethical military practices

War-time disruption of economies and production facilities

Aggravates

Instability of food prices ^{[in 2 loops]}

Poverty as a consequence of war

Insecurity from future crop uncertainty

Vulnerability of children during armed conflict ^{[in 1 loop]}

Aggravated by

Lack of war relief

Unfed military forces

Hazards to human health in the natural environment

Strategy(ies)

Accumulating global food stocks

Providing food aid

Increasing global food production

Reducing incidence of malnutrition

Value(s)

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

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