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In 2005 a food crisis hit Niger. Out of a population of 12 million, 3.6 million went hungry and 800,000 children faced starvation. But activists in Niger claim that the famine was not caused by drought. "This is a structural famine. A permanent famine," says journalist Moussa Tchangari. "It was caused by 20 years of structural adjustment programs.
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The final part of three lectures on 'strategies of survival' for first-year Cambridge students in 2006. For context and further films, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om
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This Bloomberg report probes the causes, costs, and economic implications of the global food crisis. One of the special interviews is with Dr. Robert Zeigler, director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) http://www.irri.org
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A short film produced by Pathe New around 1905. The film has had questions added to it to get students to think about the period and why the famine was as devasting as it was.
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