Methodology

Question 1

Evaluate the World Health Organisation. (www.who.int)

Answer 1

Relatively unbiased info about health and food insecurity. 1996 definition could be out of date.

Question 2

When was ‘Mao’s Great Famine’ by Frank Dikötter published?

Answer 2

2010

Question 3

What research is ‘Mao’s Great Famine’ 2010 based on?

Answer 3

Four years of research by professor and historian Frank Dikötter into recently available Chinese government archives.

Question 4

What did you use ‘The Asia Times’ 2010 for?

Answer 4

Environmental and political causes of the Great Chinese Famine.

Question 5

Evaluate ‘The Asia Times’ newspaper.

Answer 5

Provides an alternative perspective on the famine; argues that environmental factors dominated over political causes. No known political bias.

Question 6

Who wrote ‘Famine and Food Security in Ethiopia: Lessons for Africa’ and when was it published?

Answer 6

Written by Prof. Dr. Webb and Prof. Dr. von Braun, published in 1994.

Question 7

Which report from which scientific journal did you use to study the Malthusian effect in the Sahel region and find statistics on growth in demand for resources?

Answer 7

‘The Supply and Demand of Net Primary Production in the Sahel’, published by Environmental Research Letters.

Question 8

Evaluate the World Food Programme.

Answer 8

As a UN agency it is reliable and well-funded. Has international resources to provide accurate, relatively unbiased info on food security.