The Bugle

Vol. No: 1 For Private Circulation only

Issue No: 4

Student Lab Journal of the Department of Communication and Media Studies, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

THREAT TO
Josbeena Varghese
M
illions of children are likely to go hun-
gry in the ensuing years as climate
change is leading to food shortage . If
global warming is not miti-
gated, many parts of the world
will feel the pinch of it. The
present change in earth’s sur-
face temperature due to in-
crease in green house gases
trigger the global warming.
This increase in temperature is
now a major threat to food se-
curity. Food Security is that all
people have enough access to
food. The international food
policy research institute says,
‘South Asia and Saharan
African are most vulnerable re-
gions that will hard by failing
crop yields. In many other re-
gions the variations in rainfall
cycle has caused drought and
claimed several lives.
The Human activities such
as deforestation burning fossil fuel are the major
reasons for its occurrence and children have be-
come the victims growing with less immunity.
The recent census shows that average global sur-
face temperature could rise 0.6-2.5oC in the next
50 years and 1.4 to 5.8oC by the year 2100. The
rising temperature has severe impact on the qual-
ity of the soil. Every rise of 1oC in the atmos-
pheric temperature reduces river inflows by 15%
and frequent drought and floods are affecting
agricultural yields. In the year 2009, the delay in
monsoon reduced the paddy yield by 10 million
‘FOOD SECURITY’
tones and the sugar production is also declined
from 23.2 million tons in 2008 to 5 million tones
in 2009. India and china are world’s leading
wheat and rice producers. Due to continuous rise
in temperature, the ice melts in Himalayas and in
Tibetan plateau which sustain the major rivers of
India and China, and these changes eventually
lead to disasters in country’s irrigation system.
This may deplete the production and result in in-
crease in food prices. Every year nearly 1, 50,000
people die as the result of “Malnutrition”. In
Australia due to lack of rain the lush lands are
turned into deserts. It’s caused a wide – scale
agricultural disaster, were the farmers don’t have
enough water to sustain their livestock. Lake Al-
bert, in South Australia has dried so much and its
vast areas of land once covered by water are left
without a drop. This extreme change in climate
has affected Australia’s main food growing re-
gion, the Murray-Darling basin. Irrigated crops
like grapes have been hit the hardest , as well as
horticulture: 80% of eucalyptus trees have dried.
Impact on Children
The environmental hazards has put the growing
children at greater risk. It’s an alarming call to
public that food shortage is leading to increase in
food prices and reducing its consumption. Ac-
cording to Nutritionist and Dieticians the children
should consume 30-35 Kilocalories for a normal
healthy life.
The department of Health and Human Service
and Agriculture of United States recommends
two to three cups of milk per day for children but
due to adulteration and less production the cal-
cium rich drink is reduced to 70 ml in a day. To
increase immunity mere eating food is not
enough Doctors state that lots of nutrients and
protein rich foods are required in the body. This
imbalanced diet creates deficiency in the regula-
tion of body function that leads to under nutri-
tion.
Malnutrition increases the risk of infection and
infectious diseases, This makes children easily
susceptible to any diseases and illness it’s the
major risk factor for the onset of active Tubercu-
losis.“Under nutrition” causes at least 3.5 million
deaths each year and more than one third of
deaths in children below five years of age. Cli-
mate change has become a major factor causing
malnutrition in children.
Future threat
There are number of potential block to global
food supply that could cause widespread malnu-
trition.
• Colony collapse disorder is phe-
nomenon where bees are dying in
large numbers. Since many agricul-
tural crops worldwide are pollinated
by bees, this presents a serious threat
to food supply.
• An epidemic of stem rust on wheat
caused by race ug99 is currently
spreading across Africa and into Asia
and, it is feared that it would wipe out
more than 80% of the worlds wheat
crops.
According to IPCC reports, even small
changes in temperature can lead to increased fre-
quency of extreme weather conditions that will
have great impact on agriculture productions and
hence nutrition and the Global Hunger Index
states, South Asia has highest child malnutrition
rate and India contributes to about 5.6 million
child deaths every year. Across the world, the de-
cline in food production pose a severe threat to
sustainability of global food security. Scarcity of
food such as grains, wheat and rice are now a
growing concern among nations. Hence , the
global warming creates an unfavorable climate
for agriculture and also makes earth as a breeding
ground of infections organisms.

CAMPUS SCAN
Greeshma V.R
Be the Master of Anger I NS I DE
National Conference on
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just did it out of anger, I know it hurt you, really makes a difference. Most often people express their
Herbal Medicine sorry. Do you often apologise like this? When anger by delivering a foul language, hitting a person
The Department of you lose temper do you feel like hitting some- nearby or breaking something around and so on. But
Botany organized a one? in all these ways the ultimate loss is your side. An-
National Conference Anger is an emotional feeling like sadness, hap- other pain is none of this will give a solution for the

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on Herbal Medicine piness, jealousy etc. but many of us don’t know how reason for your anger.
to vent anger in the right way. You will get angry So you can think of another mode for expression. Central Studios
on September 8th and
9th. Prof. Dr. Swami- when something doesn’t go the way you desire. You can write on a piece of paper about your anger

nathan, Vice Chancellor, Bharathiar University
presided over the function. He emphasized the
need and urgency in preserving the herbal med-
icine. Dr. G. Inavazhagan, Director of Defence
Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences,
DRDO, New Delhi delivered the inaugural ad-
dress. Dr. K. Radhakrishna, Scientist ‘G’, De-
fence Food Research Labouratory delivered the
key note address. The book “Herbal Perspective:
Present and Future”, edited by Dr. T. Parime-
nazhagan, Dr. S. Manian et al. also released at
this conference.
Workshop on Disability
Managment
In collaboration with UDIS Forum, the De-
partment of Social Work of Bharathiar Univer-
sity organized a two-day orientation workshop
on Disabiliby Management from August 17th to
18th. The workshop was inaugurated by E. Shan-
muga Sundaram, Former Joint Director and State
Commissioner for differently abled. Dr. M. N. G.
Mani, Founder and President of UDIS Forum,
Coimbatore presided over the function. Dr. A.
Sethurama Subbiah, Head of the Department of
Social Work proposed a vote of thanks.
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Some may even turn hysterical as a result of anger. or draw pictures of it. Or you can divert your An Officer and
But when you come out of that stage, you grieve thought effectively playing your favourite music and
over your actions. But the words once you uttered dance for it. Talk to a person who can understand a Gentleman
can’t be taken back. The ultimate result is, you may you is another solution. Some persons may suppress
lose many good relationships. But it doesn’t mean
you have to suppress anger. Like any other feeling
their anger. It may lead to several health problems
like headache. So express it but don’t let anger over- 4 My travel diary
it also needs expression. But how you express it power you.
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