[PDF] Analysis Of The Medium Term Effects Of Hurricane Mitch On Food Security In Central America eBook

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
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During the final week of October 1998, Hurricane Mitch - arguably the worst natural disaster of the twentieth century - hit Central America, and Honduras and Nicaragua in particular. Hurricane Mitch hit a region that was just recovering from the effects of the El Nino Southern Oscillation, with its formidable droughts, forest fires and floods. The destruction was especially significant among the rural population of small producers of basic grains (maize, beans and rice), because this sector of the population lives and farms on alluvial lands, floodplains and hillsides with poor soil and limited soil-management or soil-conservation systems.

Author : Scott Whiteford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 10,66 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429722346

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Harvest of Want demonstrates how hunger and malnutrition can exist simultaneously with growth in agricultural production. It points out a series of factors that have generated food insecurity throughout much of Central America and Mexico. .

Author : Eric Holt-Giménez
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,80 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Agricultural ecology
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A study using a participatory action research approach and simple field techniques found significant differences in agroecological resistance between plots on 'conventional' and 'sustainable' farms in Central America after Hurricane Mitch ... [T]he paper concludes that while the Movimeniento Campesino a Campesino has sucessfully advanced the technical and methdological aspects of sustainable agriculture, a policy ceiling is currently limiting the generalized spread of sustainable agricultute among smallholders in Central America.-- Executive Summary.

Author : Elam D. Lapp
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 9780967062723

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It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the country, in terms of the amount of area affected. This hurricane passed through Central America late October & early November of 1998. Mitch leaves the nation in ruins, no water, no food, no electricity, no phone, in some areas no houses remained, no roads, no bridges, but plenty of mud, some places as far as the eye can see. Damage to infrastructure & agriculture is estimated in the billions of dollars. Appealing for international help, Honduran President announced that his country's developments had been set back 50 years. You can read about the drama; experiences as told by survivors in this 160 page, 8-1/2 x 11 book with more than 160 color pictures of damage related happenings, (some quotes from survivors.) Rebuilding will be an awesome job. The Choluteca River reeks of sewage, but the dozen men digging in its bank don't mind, they are looking for buried treasures, a tire would be great, a car would be like a gold mine. Rainfall in some areas was up to 75 inches, causing the Volcano Casto in Nicaragua to explode & wash a total village away, killing hundreds of people. This book is a must for school libraries & bookstores, also including information & data on the hurricane. This book is available from: Brookside Bookstore, 420 Weaver Rd., Millersburg, PA 17061. Phone: 717-692-4759.T

Author : Sarah Bradshaw
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 21,3 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN :

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An excellent analysis of the effects of Hurricane Mitch and the strategies to confront the disaster, with focus on the impact of reconstruction programs on gender as well as how the storm reflected decision-making and gender roles in regional homes.

Author : Rachel Garst
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
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Conners argues that children's food can shape the course of the brain's growth, its function and capabilities. A serious work for the lay reader. The authors show how US food assistance is hurting, rather than helping Central American economies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR