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What is the Solar Ship African Peace + Freedom Corridor?
What is the Solar Ship African Peace + Freedom Corridor?
The Great Lakes Region of Africa is a promising region for the development of our Peace: Saving Lives project. It is known for having the poorest human quality of life with the highest death rates and poorest people. The region is approximately 2000 km long and 750 km wide. In all, the Great Lakes Region of Africa has an area 1.5 million square kilometer and a population of approximately 200 million people. It is bordered by Uganda in the North, Malawi in the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo in the East and Kenya/Tanzania/Mozambique in the West.
The African Peace + Freedom Corridor (African P + F Corridor) is sited in this Great Lakes Region of Africa between the Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika areas. It is bordered by Lilongwe (Malawi) in the North, Kasunga (Malawi) in the south, Kasama (Zambia) in the East and Karonga (Malawi) in the West.
Characteristics of the African Peace + Freedom Corridor:
Characteristics of the African Peace + Freedom Corridor:
Length: approximately 700 km
Width: approximately 300 km
Area: approximately 200000 square kilometers
Population: approximately 30 million people
Problem Description
Problem Description
Tanzania in Numbers
According to the United Nations, regions within the Solar Ship African Peace + Freedom Corridor rank very poorly in the Global Food Security Index. The three countries of concern, Zambia, Tanzania, and Malawi, all fall below the 85th position with a total of 113 ranks. Investigating the Arusha district of Tanzania, one of the leading causes of food insecurity is poor transportation infrastructure.
Spatial food inequality is prevalent in Arusha as the average household consumption is derived from local farming. However, these farmlands are located a substantial distance from the central markets in the urban areas. In addition to this distance, the bad roads and tropical weather hinder the transportation of food to markets. The lack of proper drainage systems also increases the chances of floods, thus halting food distribution. The hot climate, coupled with zero or mediocre preservation techniques, catalyzes the spoilage process in the produce. Moreover, most rural farmers are not capable of driving. As such, middlemen easily charge these farmers exorbitant prices to move their produce to the cities.
Porters in Tanzania transporting produce through tedious means
Tomatoes Spoilage from Poor Means of Transportation
These reasons compound into declining profits and low quality of life for rural families self-employed in agriculture. Hence, such people become easy targets for multinational mining companies that require cheap labor to maintain their gold mines in Tanzania. Furthermore, the average consumer in this region is adversely affected by this issue. The drop in quantity and quality of food arriving at the markets results in food scarcity, malnutrition and eventually easily preventable diseases like stunting. On top of that, the excess demand over supply results in prices of food rising in a population where most people were already living at subsistence. This increases the cost of living in the Arusha district, making it more difficult for the residents to afford other daily necessities. With these points, our team foresees that improving the transportation of food to points of need in Arusha would indeed save lives.
Proposed Solution
Proposed Solution
Solar Ship Inc. Powerstats will be used to transport specific nutritional agricultural produce from farms located in rural areas to markets in point of need locations.
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