Overview
- Lesson Title: Global Food Prices on the Rise-This is a report about rising food prices.
- Language: Hausa
- Topic: Economics/Politics
- ILR Level: 1+/2
- ACTFL Proficiency: Advanced-Mid, Advanced-Low, Intermediate-High; This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level
- Modality: Listening
- Learning Objective: Maintenance & Improvement
- Subject Area: Language
- Material Type: LO
- Publication Year: 2008
- ObjectID: HAUS_12655
Transcript
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Tashin parashin abinci a kasashe da dama yana shirin tada dan zanga zanga A: Shugaban babban bankin duniya, Robert Zoellick, yayi kashedin cewa hauhauwan farashin kayan cimaka da ake ta fama dashi a kasashen duniya dabam-dabam, a yanzu yana iya ya shafe duk wani ci gaban da aka samu a can baya, a yakin da ake yi da taulaci da rashin samarwa jama'a abinci mai gina masu jiki a duniyar nan. A cikin rahoton da ya gabatar a jiyan, Mr. Zoellick yake cewa tashin farashin kayan cimaka yana janyo wahalhalu ainin a kasashe masu tasowa, kamar kasar Yamal inda farashin alkama ya rubanya har sau biyu. Haka shima shugaban cibiyar samar da cimaka ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, wato ta FAO, Jacques Diouf, ya yi jan kunnen cewa wannan hauhauwan farashin kayan cimakar zai ta janyo tashin hankali da zanga zangu a kasashe da dama. Ya gaya wa mahalarta taro da akai a birnin New Delhin Indiya cewa farashin abinci ya cira da misalin kashi arba'in da biyar cikin dari a cikin watanni taran da suka gabata. Ga shi kuma ana karancin alkama da shinkafa da masara. Hakan ta janyo tarukan zanga zanga mai muni a kasashe irin su Haiti da Misra da Kamaru da Burkina Faso da kuma Senegal. |
The rising food price in many countries will result in crisis A: Robert Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, has warned that the rising cost of food that people in various parts of the world are facing could reverse the progress made in the battle against global poverty and food scarcity. In a report he presented yesterday, Mr. Zoellick said that the rise in food prices has been causing serious trouble in developing countries like Yemen, where the cost of wheat has nearly doubled. Meanwhile, Jacques Diouf, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has warned that the rising cost of food could cause unrest in many countries. He told participants at a meeting place in New Delhi, India, that the cost of food has risen about forty-five percent in the past nine months. Meanwhile, shortages of wheat, rice and maize have caused demonstrations in countries like Haiti, Egypt, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Senegal. |
Glossary
| Hausa term | English meaning |
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| Ribanya | “Outnumber,” “multiply,” “escalate” (see Learn More, Vocabulary, 3) |
| Janyo Hankali | “Pull uprising/crisis” usually refers to bringing something to one's attention but in the report, it refers to rising food prices, result in crisis/suffering. |
| Zanga-zanga mai muni | “Crisis that has ugliness” refers to a serious crisis (see Learn More, Vocabulary, 2). |
| Mai gina musu jiki | “That builds them their body” refers to healthy, nutritious food. |
| Kasashe masu tasowa | “Countries that are rising" refers to developing countries. |
| shafe duk wani ci gaban... | “Affect” refers to the rise in food prices affecting development. |
| kayan cimaka | “Things that are edible" refers to food (see Learn More, Vocabulary, 1). |
| Jan kunne | To “pull ears" is an expression that means to warn or advise. |
Notes
Global Food Prices on the Rise
1. Food prices have been increasing globally since 2007, making food policy a priority at international, national, and local levels in different countries. Developing countries especially those who depend mostly on import, are mostly affected by the high prices. It is estimated that 3 billion of the world’s population earn less than $2 daily, spending more than half of their income on food. A European development and reconstruction bank and the United Nations identified some of the main causes of price inflation to include decreases in food stock, rising fuel prices, increases in demand of some foodstuffs, growth in bio-fuels, increases in world population, and climate change.
2. This rise in food prices has made some organizations, such as the United Nations, reduce their distribution of food to displaced families and some of the poor countries.
http://earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/292
http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/emergencies/2129/?source=1186
CONTENT SOURCE: Aliyu Mustapha (2008, April 10). The rising food price in many countries will result in crisis. Labarun Duniya Washington DC: The Voice of America.
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Content Description: This is a report about rising food prices.
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<note>1. _Kayan cimaka_ (food) is usually referred to as _abinci_ in most Hausa speaking regions to mean the same thing.
2. _Mai muuuni_ receives a stress, which usually indicates the seriousness of the word being used. _Muni_ is “ugly” and the speaker stressing the word makes the meaning "very ugly."
3. Ribanya is sometimes spelled and pronounced as "rubanya," depending on the Hausa region.</note>
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<note>1. The rising food price results in the poor being faced with the high cost of food and higher energy cost. It has been estimated that the price of wheat has reached 181% as of February 2008. Despite the challenges, many governments and organizations are taking actions to fight against the problem by expanding safety nets in terms of cash transfer programs to vulnerable groups/countries, food-for-work programs, or emergency food aid distribution. Some countries thought it best to ban food import despite the decision’s negative effect on the importers. In other countries, tariffs have been cut down on staple foods.
According to a World Bank’s report, “Poor people are suffering daily from the impact of high food prices, especially in urban areas and in low income countries,” said World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick. “In some countries, hard-won gains in overcoming poverty may now be reversed. As an international community we must rally not only to offer immediate support, but to help countries identify actions and policies to reduce the impact on the world’s most vulnerable.”
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21722688~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html</note>
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<note>1. In some developing countries, especially in Africa, rice and corn are the staple foods and even before the rise in prices most could only afford one of the two. Rice is usually more expensive. When a family buys corn for example, they are able to eat two or three meals a day by converting the corn into different types of local/traditional food.</note>
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<fdbk>The cost of food has risen about forty-five percent in the past nine months.</fdbk>
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