Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems
In Islamic States in Face of Future Food Crises
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following years. This led to death of 1 million people and the emigration of another 1 million
people Ireland between 1845 and 1855.270 Ireland has alsosuffered from seven drought periods
from 1850 to 2015, with negative impacts on crop yields, livestock health, water supply, and
hydropower generation. Although its most recent droughts were brief, they were intense.
As the graph below shows , around 10% of Ireland’s population suffer from food poverty, down
from 13.2%in 2013. It is worth noting that from 2010 to2013 food poverty levels have steadily
been increasing.271
Figure 20: Ireland - Food Poverty (% of Population)
Source: IrishDepartment of Employment Affairs and Social Welfare
Table 39: Ireland - Vulnerable Groups
Group Impact
Women Fifty-five percent of those living in consistent poverty in Ireland are women,
which affects their access to basic necessities, including food.272
Children One in nine Irish children live in consistent poverty, growing up in low-income
households deprived of nutritious food.273
Small Holders While crop price volatility poses a threat to food security in Ireland in general,
it has a particularly severe effect on farm income and farmers.274
Identifying Food Security Vulnerabilities in Ireland
The Irish food system faces a number of vulnerabilities—especially in terms of availability—due
to the volatility of production as a result of extremeweather events and dependence on imports.
As shown in the previous graph addressing access and affordability, 9.9% of households are
suffer from food poverty.
270 Irish Examiner. (2018, May 8). Brutality of Cork’s Famine years: ‘I sawhovelscrowded with the sickand the dying in
every doorway’. Retrieved fro
271 Department of Employment Affairs and Social Welfarewebsit
272 Department of Employment Affairs and Social Welfarewebsit
273 Irish Times. (2019, January 18). Child poverty in Ireland - the numbers. Retrieved from
274 Safefood. (2017, February). The impact of climate change on dairy production. Retrieved from
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