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in Africa BBC News 31 st January 2006 More than half of Africa is now in need of urgent food assistance The UNs Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO is warning that 27 subSaharan countries now need help. Setting the stage for disaster. Introduction. The famine killed 1 million people and forced another 1 million to leave. . Most of the land in Ireland was owned by British landlords who rented it to Irish farmers for large amounts of money.. Famine, Disease and the Irish. Great Famine in Ireland. Impact . in . Britain. Focus . on famine and the immediate . post-famine years. , 1845-early . 1850s. On the 27. th. of last month [July] I passed from Cork to Dublin, and this doomed plant [the potato] bloomed in all the luxuriance of an abundant harvest. Returning on the 3. L/O – To evaluate the effect of collectivisation on peasants. Summary Questions. What were the . 3 types . of collective farm?. Why was collectivisation seen as the . solution. to the agricultural problems in Russia?. By Leah, Caitlin and Charlie. Emigration. Many people felt there was no future and very little hope in Ireland.. Those with a small amount of savings went to Britain.. About 1.5 million went to the United States of America.. and the . Famine Formula. The Horn of Africa, 2011. Compassion Fatigue:. Analysts of journalism argue that the media has caused widespread compassion fatigue in society by saturating newspapers and news shows with often . . . 1844- . 1850. By Becky Pigman . and . Bryanna Harms. Pre- Famine Ireland. Before the famine many Irish farmers owned very little land.. The overlords of the farmers didn’t think they needed more land because on average people could get 12 tons of potatoes per acre in a fertilized field.. 1.4. Vocabulary Words. rummaged. undetected. generosity. pathetic. ricocheting. famine. scrounging. chameleon. Bouncing from one surface to another surface.. rummaged. undetected. generosity. pathetic. By Tom , John , Shauna , and Laura. The main facts. The famine in Ireland started in 1845-1850. The worst year of the famine was 1847. The winter of 1847 is the coldest winter in living memory. The blight first came in Waterford and Wexford. and Feast. Life on the margins: the inequality of food and nutrition security. THINKERS’ VIEWS ON FEEDING GROWING POPULATIONS. PowerPoint presentation by . Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK. An Górta Mór. T. he Great Famine. : Some key dates . 1845. 9 September:. Potato blight first reported in Ireland . 9-10 November:. British Prime Minister Peel authorises importation of Indian corn. Discuss. . three diseases you know something about. What are the effects of these diseases?. Essential Question. How do disease-causing fungi . affect . plants?. ?. Fungi:. One of the five kingdoms of organisms.. Bridget . O’Donnel. and her children . (. from Illustrated . London . News . 1847). Cormac . O’Gráda. , . Famine: A Short History. (2009). The Russian famine. of 1921. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/digital/sara/oddments/russianfamine. 1845-1851. Could the British Government have stopped this famine?. Taken from the article ‘The . Great Irish Potato . Famine’.  by James Donnelly. Exhausted and hungry Irish lad scratching the earth looking for potatoes or anything edible. Stephen Devereux Lewis Sida and Tina NelisAugust 2017t21br261630r2216r26251829r222616267256292630222925The Humanitarian Learning Centre HLC is a joint initiative of the Institute of Development Studie