No money. No food. No clothes. Sitting on the ground, wondering if she will wake up the next morning and repeat the process or not. Begging for money, starving for food, and shivering in the cold is a part of normal life for people suffering from paucity. The deprivation of basic life necessities like water, food, and shelter contributes to poverty in Madagascar. Poverty happens every day globally, including Madagascar, leaving its residents struggling and striving for a way to alleviate their problem.
Suitably, Madagascar’s unique history molds its government and geography. They broke apart from France and became independent in 1960. As stated in the article, Madagascar, the country has a republic government lead by their current president, Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotarimana and their Prime Minister Roger Kolo (2014). Madagascar reports the island geography situates at 20 00 S, 47 00 E in southern Africa with an area of about 587,041 square kilometers (2014). According to Fetter’s article, Madagascar has a diverse climate depending on the location. Northern Madagascar, set apart from the island by many mountains and the southern end, situated mainly around the desert terrain. The east coast has arid and dangerous weather with storms and the western side has nice tropical coasts (2014).
Namely, Madagascar saturates itself with an eclectic group of people and religion. Malagasy and French prevail as the main languages spoken in Madagascar, although French is usually only spoken in cities. The article, Madagascar states a few religious beliefs that make up the total population in Madagascar. In fact, of about 23,201,926 people living in Madagascar, 41% believe in Christianity, Muslims take up 7%, and 52% have natural be...
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Madagascar is one of the most diverse areas of land that has undergone evolution totally independent from surrounding continents. The plant and animal species located on the island are all endemic to the island, meaning all are native species. The amount of diversity is very high compared to that of other continents and the species found here cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Currently all organisms located on this island are in danger, even the humans. Much damage has already been done, yet each year the land seems to die even more. Many species are dying off rapidly and drastic measures will have to be taken to stop all of these species from becoming extinct.
Madagascar, on the other hand, is a large island country off of the coast of Southern Africa. Its geography consists of highlands on the West, and rainforests on the right. Because of its’ proximity to the Indian Ocean, damage from tropical typhoons is very likely. This greatly affects infrastructure, economy, and the lives of many people, as recovery efforts soak up the use of capital. Its population is about 22 million people. Even though they have experienced positive growth, a mere 1.6% in 2011, Madagascar is still below African growth averages. (African Economic Outlook)
Haiti has three main massifs aka mountain ranges. It also has two peninsulas with the Gonave Gulf in between. With the Peninsulas, Haiti is shaped like a horseshoe on it’s side. Haiti is only about 28,000 square kilometers, which is very small compared to 169,790 square km just in Wisconsin. (it’s about the size of Maryland) The weather is usually between 70-80 degrees fahrenheit, but it can get up to 100 degrees, and tank to 60 degrees. It usually NEVER gets below 60 degrees. It is mainly all tropical, because mountains in the east cut off the wind.
- Over 90% of rural peoples in Central Africa eat less than half of the recommended protein intake
Madagascar is known to the world as the Big Red Island at the end of the earth. It is separated form the African continent by the Mozambique Channel. According to the various sources I have read and reviewed it is the forth largest Island in the world. Madagascar is divided in to three regions the central highlands, the east coast, and the west coast. The people of Madagascar however are very poor; as a matter of fact it has been ranked by the World Bank as being among the 13 poorest countries in the world. The country is so deeply in dept that the International Monetary Fund has given it the lowest possible rating, on par with Zaire. Education and heath indicators, including literacy rates and life expectancy are at or below average. According to the National Institute for Statistics, over 70% of the population lived blow the poverty line in 2003. Agricultural productivity is low. Farmers relay on rely on traditional farming practices, often including slash and burn and adoption of new technologies occurs but slowly. Domestic markets function poorly and links to international markets are weak. Madagascar's economy posted a strong recovery in 2003 following a severe economic deterioration due to the eight-month political crisis in 2002. Growth has slowed in 2004, and the economy has suffered from two cyclones, substantial depreciation of the Malagasy franc, and rising prices for the petroleum and rice on the world market during the year.
I, Grand Leader Minus, have assumed absolute monarchy over a newly formed Island ten miles east of Madagascar. I have named it, “The Land of Greats”. The Land’s borders are defined by the surrounding ocean. Thus it has no land-based neighbors, as we are surrounded by ocean, however, we are relatively close to Madagascar, ten miles. This new geography, is adjacent to Madagascar at a size of 600 thousand square kilometers. On the west side, the side facing Madagascar, there is a cliff that inhibits any movement onto the whole west of the island. The Land of Greats has an abundance of vegetation, animals, and forestry. Most of the year it is hot and rainy which provides a climate great for the growth of fruit, which our Land thrives off of.
No research was cited or referenced when less than two lemurs were studied, also when the lemurs were examined for a time span less than one year. Moreover, any non-lemur frugivores (excluding birds and bats) studies were not considered for review when lacking data with a comparative to lemurs. Morphological and physiological data for aves and bats were reviewed in articles independent from one another. Also, aves bill size and shape were only considered for endemic species in order to maintain a focus on conservation prioritization. Geographical and economic data of Madagascar was referenced by annual updates from reliable sources
Niger and Sierra Leone, the two poorest countries in the world only have a GDP of around 500 dollars per capita. Which, compared to Canada’s 27,000 dollars per capita, is considerably low. In the 48 poorest countries, an average of 2$ a day is made by each working person. Imagine living off 2$ a day in Canada, you couldn’t even buy a Big Mac and a drink for 2$. This is making starvation a very serious problem in 3rd-world countries, not to mention their low immune systems, used for preventing disease, not working right from the lack of nutrition.
Nutritional anthropology applies the anthropological approach to nutritional disciplines by studying and understanding how the interactions of social and biological factors affect the nutritional status of individuals and populations. Dettwlyer conducted a medical anthropological research assessing the nutritional status of individuals living in a population in Mali, Africa. She defined it as to be a biocultural approach because the research did not only pertain to the biological system of the people but cultural dogmas, infant feeding practices, socio-economic status, political-ecological factors also contributed as much. Death rates and child malnutrition rates are very high in Mali, it being one of the poorest countries of the world. Therefore, Dettwlyer being a nutritional anthropologist extends her study to the children of Mali who are malnutritioned as a result of their birth in poor families; because their mothers have a low status in their prosperous extended family households; ethno-cultural tenets, etc.
Famine has struck parts of Africa several times during the 20th century, and to this day is still going strong. According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, the average African consumes 2300 kcal/day, less than the global average of 2700 kcal/day. Recent figures estimate that 316 million Africans, or approximately 35 percent of the continent's total population, is undernourished. Although hunger in Africa is hardly new, it now occurs in a world that has more than enough food to feed all its citizens. Moreover, while Africa's population is growing rapidly, it still has ample fertile land for growing food. Hunger therefore reflects not absolute food scarcity but rather people's lack of access to resources—whether at the individual, house-hold, comunity, or national leve that are needed to produce or purchase adequate food supplies. The reasons people cannot obtain enough food are: several different historical patterns of in equality. These patterns include the in equalities between Africa and its former colonisers or contemporary financiers, and between Africa's rich and poor. It also includes in equality between members of the same households, where food and the resources needed to obtain it (such as land and income) are often unevenly distributed between men and women, old and young. Whatever the reasons for food deprivation, when the result is malnutrition it can do damage, increasing diseases such as malaria, rickets, anemia, and perhaps acquired immune deficiency syndrome aka AIDS Mal-nourished children suffer stunted growth and, often, learning problems. Malnourished adults have less energy to work. Over the long term, inadequate nourishment can cast communities into a cycle o...
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According to the Kenya Government, “over 10 million people suffer from chronic food insecurity and poor nutrition”. Food access and availability are influenced majorly by increasing population, poor income, costs of nutritious food, sufficient food supply systems, diseases, resources and environmental disasters such as floods and droughts (Republic of Kenya, 2011). All factors are putting greater stress on the country to increase food access as the population is growing and an increase in food related health issues. There are interventions put in place by the Kenya ministries such as health and nutrition packages, off-take programme restocking, fish stocking, purchase food relief and animal feeds (Bahemuka, n.d.). Although the Government is addressing these issues and implementing measures Kenya is presently “one of fifteen countries most at risk of food insecurity”, according to the World Food Program Food Security Index (Ng’ang’a, 2015). Individuals don’t have access to nutritious, adequate and safe food to meet their own personal dietary needs for a healthy life. A healthy diet is nearly impossible for one-third of households, as the cost for nutritious food is too high for urban and rural people (Dixon et al., 2007). Therefore by not consuming an adequate nutritious meal on a regular basis, it can lead to many health issues. Malnutrition is one of the most
Over the past fifty six years, the human population of Madagascar has increased. The main factor that has affected their growth is a density dependant factor of increased birth rate. The population of young people is far larger than the population of elderly. This is because there is a lack of reproductive health education and because the infant mortality rate has decreased by 36 percent. This has caused the population to grow by 20 million in the last fifty six years. However, due to the poverty and lack of resources, the population could begin to decrease. In Madagascar, cattle represents wealth, but now there is too much cattle for the amount of land accessible, so the grazing is causing the island to erode. There is also a lot of deforestation
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