GEOG 220 – World Regional Geography
GEOG 220 – World Regional Geography
Writing Assignment
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This particular writing assignment is to recognize the impact of natural environmental conditions on food insecurity in Africa.
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- A 5% deduction will be applied if the format above is not followed.
Content requirements:
- Please do not copy&paste. Rather, please paraphrase. Please see the Copy&Paste Penalty in the syllabus.
- Citations must be provided.
- List of cited works must be provided toward the end of the writing.
- Anytime you mention a concept (e.g. globalization, ecosystem, ecology, biodiversity, ...), make sure that you have a
ief explanation for it. Avoid using concepts that you don't understand.
- The writing must address, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Define food security and food insecurity.
2. Explain the three aspects (availability, access, and utilization) of food security, as defined by World Health Organization
3. Identify and explain at least 3 reasons that cause food security challenge.
4. Ve
ally describe the big picture of how food security/insecurity is at the global level. The description must be accompanied by data and perhaps charts/maps.
5. Identify the countries
egions in Africa and their important characteristics.
6. Describe the environmental condition of the African continent (size, shape, landforms, climate, ...).
7. Explain how the environmental condition impact the food security in Africa. The explanation must be accompanied by data and perhaps charts/maps.
8. Explain how COVID-19 may put harder impact on the food security challenge in Africa. The explanation must be accompanied by data and perhaps charts/maps.
9. If you were a policy maker in Africa, what would you do to help mitigate its food security challenge. Please explain.
Recommended materials for your writing
Students are not required but strongly recommended to utilize the materials included below for their writing.
1. The textbook: World Regional Geography – A Development Approach, 11th Edition by Douglas L. Johnson, Viola Haarmann, and Me
ill L. Johnson, ISBN XXXXXXXXXX.
2. Global issues: food security (Links to an external site.) by Peace Corps
3. The state of food security and nutrition in the world (Links to an external site.) by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
4. Global food security under climate change (Links to an external site.) by Josef Schmidhuber and Francesco N. Tubiello
5. Food security and why it matters (Links to an external site.) by World Economic Forum
6. US government global food security strategy (Links to an external site.) XXXXXXXXXXby USAID
7. Guidance and tools for global food security programs (Links to an external site.) by FeedTheFuture - The US Government's Global Hunger & Food Security Initiative
8. Knowledge and information for food security in Africa: from traditional media to the Internet (Links to an external site.) by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
9. Food security: Regional solutions key to solving Africa’s challenges (Links to an external site.) by Richard Munang and Zhen Han
10. Safeguarding Africa’s Food Security in the Age of COVID-19 (Links to an external site.) by Pritha Mitra and Seung Mo Choi