Food Insecurity Causes according to Maplecroft's Food Security Risk index
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- Food security causes, according to the Maplecroft's Food Security Risk Index
- Drought
- Worst in 50 years in the USA which increased prices
- In Bangladesh, Mexico and Egypt, Drought caused low yields and drove up prices
- Locust infestations
- War
- Somalia, DR Congo and the Sahel have suffered from reduced agricultural output and investment
- Changing Climate Patterns
- Occuring in the Sahel, where monsoonal rain is less predictable, and farmers do not know wither they will have food to sell or for their families
- Political Instability
- The Arab Spring has suffered from large scale protests and riots against the government have led to increased conflict and has disrupted farming e.g. in Tunisia
- Egypt spread out in North Africa
- Drought
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