SHEEPT Factors: Introductory Activity

Drought and subsequent famine brought food insecurity to more than 13 million people in the Horn of Africa.

The city of Asmara in Ethiopia has tripled in size in the last 20 years and sprawls across previously prime farmland.

Every day more than 6000 people are displaced in Syria.

Kenya is battling its worst locust outbreak in 70 years.

About 15% of Brazil’s total domestic product comes from biofuels. 

In Zambia, less than 4% of the rural population has access to electricity.

During war, crops cannot be planted, weeded or harvested.

Changing tastes in China are increasing the demand for foods such as meat, which require more water to be produced.

Hyperinflation has rendered salaries worthless in Venezuela.

14 employees of the UN World Food Program were killed between 2008 & 2011. Lack of law enforcement contributed to this.

48 million people rely on the Mekong Basin for their food supply. On the river’s journey, it is dammed for electricity.

Ongoing conflict in southern Somalia made it difficult for aid agencies to deliver food.