PDF-Towards a Food Secure India and South Asia Making Hunger History

Towards a Food Secure India and South Asia Making Hunger History II Status of Food Security III Trends in Food Supply and Demand Trends in Food Production. South and Central Asia and International Studies. Environment and Population. Introduction: Why Study South and Central Asia?. Long history. Harrapan. civilization occupied the Indus valley, considered one of the beginnings of civilization. Dr. Jim Hastings. Wingate University. What is “wrong” with this scene from Pirates of the Caribbean III?. Cultural illiteracy?. So the “problem” is not just lack of information, but it also concerns why that information/knowledge is not being imparted in college classrooms.. Economy. People & Environment. Sherpa Family in Nepal. Traditional Bengali. Man & woman in . Sari.. Pakistani Women. Indian Women. Indian Men. Sri Lankan Children. India. The two largest ethnic groups in India are descendants of what two groups?. South Asia. Physical Geography . India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives make up the subcontinent of South Asia. . South Asia is very mountainous.. Two huge walls of mountains, the Karakoram Range and the Himalayas, form the northern border of India and separate South Asia from the rest of Asia. . By: Ca May Ng. What Can Hunger Do To You?. You body will start to feed on its own fat and body tissues.. Between 8 to 12 weeks, you may lose about 50 percent of your bodyweight.. Death. Map of India. CHAPTER 25: INDIA. SUBCONTINENT. C. 50 million years ago: landmass breaks off of Africa and collides into Asia. Collision creates Himalaya Mountains (world’s highest at 29,029 . ft. ). Himalaya meet Karakoram Range and Hindu Kush in the west. Unit . 4 . - . Geography of India. Preview. Mountains and Seas. - Indian is surrounded by two geographic features. There are mountain ranges to the north and large bodies of water to the south.. Rivers, Farming, and Civilization. Period 1- Indus River Valley. Indus River. Now –dry desert but historically lush landscape (ex of change in environment). Monsoon rains caused flooding in rivers-brought rich soil down river (like Nile, Tigris & Euphrates). Section 1-The Economy:. Economic Activities. Agriculture. Mining and Fishing. Industry. Tourism. Agriculture. Traditional Methods:. Subsistence farming is common. Terracing. Digging sticks and hand plows. The Indian Subcontinent . India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka,& the Maldives . Subcontinent. - large landmass that’s smaller than a continent. - called Indian Subcontinent because India dominates the region . Chapter 24: Physical Geography of South Asia: The Land Where Continents Collided. South . Asia’s major landforms, including the massive Himalayan Mountains, were created when the subcontinent broke off from Africa and drifted into Asia.. Chapter 24. Landforms and Resources. Chapter 24. Section 1. Main Ideas. South Asia is a subcontinent of peninsulas bordered by mountains and oceans.. A wide variety of natural resources helps sustain life in the region.. Moreover the Asianworkers from Asia particularly South Asia had given a stiff competitionto the workers from West Asia In the last three decades GCCcountries have massively cut the migration from Ara - I (A) - Personal Details Component - I (B) - Description of Module Items Description of Module Subject Name Geogra phy Paper Name Resource Geography Module Name/Title Food Security : Concept and