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The 2018–2021 Southern Africa drought was a period of drought that took place in Southern Africa. The drought began in late October 2018, and negatively affected food security in the region. In mid-August 2019, the drought was classified as a level 2 Red-Class event by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System . [ 1 ]
The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, warned in March that the war in Ukraine could take the global food crisis to "levels beyond anything we've seen before". [ 121 ] A potential disruption to global wheat supplies could exacerbate the ongoing hunger crisis in Yemen , [ 122 ] Afghanistan [ 123 ] [ 124 ] and East Africa . [ 125 ]
The 2017–2018 South African listeriosis outbreak, also known as Listeriosis Histeriosis, was a widespread outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes food poisoning that resulted from contaminated processed meats produced by Enterprise Foods, a subsidiary of Tiger Brands, [2] in Polokwane.
The crisis was particularly acute in areas of the world that needed it most, including sub-Saharan Africa — a region that relies on importing $23 billion of food a year.
Famines in the early 21st century in Africa include the 2005–06 Niger food crisis, the 2010 Sahel famine and the 2011 East Africa drought, where two consecutive missed rainy seasons precipitated the one of the worst droughts in East Africa in 60 years. [51] [52] An estimated 50,000 to 150,000 people are reported to have died during the period.
2007 – Pet food recalls occurred in North America, Europe, and South Africa as a result of Chinese protein export contamination using melamine as an adulterant. 2008 – Baby milk scandal , in China. 300,000 babies affected, 51,900 hospitalisations and 6 infant deaths.
During 2007–2008, a rise in global food prices led to riots in various countries.A similar crisis recurred in 2010–2011.. Due to a wheat crop failure in the mid-western United States because of drought in 2012, as well as simultaneous dryness during the start of the Russia's wheat season, a deficient monsoon rainfall in India and a drought in Africa's Sahel region, predictions were made ...
The first evidence of pottery and agriculture in South Africa can be found in the period of 350-150 BCE, while metals date back to the 52-252 CE period. [4] The earliest occurrence of cattle farming was in the 5th century CE and the Iron Age reached modern-day Kwa-Zulu Natal around 700 CE.