Problem
Effects
Root Causes
Proximate Causes
Recurring cyclones, floods and earthquakes, droughts and heat waves
Lack of government aid programs
Lack of government immediate relief
Damage/loss to livestock, paddy fields and irrigation canals
Disrupted livestock trade and paddy harvest
Men travel to urban areas to work
Damages and/or losses of shelter and basic household items
Damage to roads
Ill-timed Public Distribution system
Absence of raised platform flood shelters
Lack of access to food markets
Home displacement
Economy dependent on rural agriculture
Men travel to urban areas to work
Widows and single women with children
Widows and single women with children
No daily wage labour
Reduced food consumption from markets
Borrow/buying food on credit
No protection from weather events, following damage cycle
Lack of funds for rebuilding efforts and food aid
Economy based on agriculture
Dependency on sustainable agriculture systems
No daily wage labour
*Borrowing/buying food on credit
Protein deficiency
Vitamin A deficiency
Wasting in children
Kwashiokor
Edema
Low activity of Liver and kidney
Less strenght for breathing
Xeropthalmia
Flood-affected populations in rural districts of Odisha, India are food insecure
Social Effects
Iodine and iron deficiency
Health Conditions
Impaired cognitive development
Economic Effects
Reduced Income
Lands and standing crops damaged
Damaging irrigation systems
More migration to urban areas for jobs
Worse situation next time when flood comes
Damaging paddy harvest
Reduction in rice consumption
Low income
Lack of food storage at home
Environmental Effects
Crop yield intensification
Pollution
Lack of crop diversity
Cyclones, floods, earthquakes, droughts and heat waves
More severe food security
Government immediate relief failure
Damage/loss of livestock trade, paddy harvest and irrigation canals
*Lack of funds for rebuilding efforts
Premature birth and impaired physical growth
Increased mortality and morbidity
Damage/loss of shelter and basic household items
Lack of food storage at home
Reduced food consumption from markets
Roads remain damaged
Ill-timed food aid distribution system
Diseases from malnutrition
Lack of access to food markets
No flood shelter protection
Stress
No access to clean water