Famine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species, which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. In ma...
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Sen demonstrated that the Bengal famine was caused by an urban economic boom that raised food prices, ... This political observation gave rise to what might be called Sen's Law: shortfalls in food supply do not cause widespread deaths in a democracy because vote-seeking politicians will undertake relief efforts;
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www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989405,00.htm...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989405,00.html
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The following is the text of an Irish Times article regarding the causes of Famine ... Distribution not lack of food main cause of famine ... On this day, World Food Day, it is worth remembering that the main problem in feeding the world is food distribution, not food scarcity.
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www.ucc.ie/famine/Press/times_16_10_98b.htm
www.ucc.ie/famine/Press/times_16_10_98b.htm
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International Famine Centre Famine News ... Livestock, one of the main sources of livelihood for many rural households, are suffering from acute shortages of water and fodder. Particularly hard hit areas are parts of Anseba and Debub regions.
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www.ucc.ie/famine/Latest/latest.html
www.ucc.ie/famine/Latest/latest.html
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Global Food Surpluses Generate Famine ... Since the 1950s, Cargill became the main contractor of US "food aid" funded under Public Law 480 (1954).
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www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/28/039.html
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Fifteen years after a devastating famine in Ethiopia left nearly one million dead, hunger is once again stalking the land. ... I cannot rule out war as a cause. But the main cause is lack of rains...
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news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_697000/69...
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_697000/697118.stm
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A new study says pollution from industrial nations was one of the possible causes of a devastating African famine that left 1.2 million people dead. ... Main Categories...
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www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2002/2002-07-22-africandr...
www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2002/2002-07-22-africandrought.htm
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4/10/2008: Myth: Global overpopulation is the main cause of famine ... Global overpopulation is the ... main cause of famine...
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home.snu.edu/~hculbert/develop/S0011.HTM
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Food and the Bengal famine, The main cause of the famine was intentional hoarding of rice by the British to create extreme shortage of grain in the rural areas, Views ... I witnessed the famine from close quarters. During 1943-44, I was in Kolkata. Rice was not easily available. Our family had to subsist on other cereals.
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www.livemint.com/2008/04/08223314/2008/06/01231950/Food...
www.livemint.com/2008/04/08223314/2008/06/01231950/Food-and-the-Bengal-famine.html?d=2
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