Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
İmgelem (Online), sa.16, ss.297-320, 2025 (Hakemli Dergi)
The lack of precipitation in the 2020-2022 rainy season has resulted in a food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Attributing the famine exclusively to rising global temperatures, climate change, prolonged dry periods, or flooding overlooks the underlying social and economic factors contributing to this crisis. The analysis method provided by the Vulnerability Approach, encompassing economic, social, political, and environmental factors, was selected for its comprehensive perspective. Famine exacerbates existing socioeconomic issues, intensifies social conflicts, and leads to various problems, including migration. There are various scientific perspectives on the causes of famine, such as underdevelopment, colonialism, environmental problems, climate change, rapid population growth, lack of democracy, inequality, and poverty. This study will examine the circumstances of vulnerable social groups regarding hunger, malnutrition, and famine, emphasizing social factors over physical or meteorological causes of famine. As a result, hunger and famine are not just meteorological events but rather social phenomena, and the effects of these phenomena are uneven throughout society. Vulnerable groups experience more severe consequences than other groups, and one of the most vulnerable groups, children aged 0-5, being affected by hunger and famine, poses significant threats to the future of societies.
Keywords: Child Mortality, Disaster, Drought, Famine, Hunger, Horn of Africa