Famine Studies Hunger Poverty

Famine Studies Hunger Poverty

Famine Studies

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- Report of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) that provides an assessment of the current food supply situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Articles in PDF format.
- Account of what famine is, and a brief discussion of the reasons for it.
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.
- Argues that famine is sometimes the result of deliberate policy by those in power. Article by Jenny Edkins. (PDF document)
- Describes and denounces attempts by richer and food exporting nations to use famines in other countries as a political weapon, and to bolster their own agricultural industries.
- Lectures on the famine of 1315-1317 and the Black Death, by Lynn Harry Nelson, The University of Kansas.
- Publication offers a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of basic food commodities. Articles available in PDF format.
- From EuropaWorld; a set of articles on the economics of farming and famine, food production, and how allocations of resources affects the poor.
- Brief accounts of some of the principal famine events of the 20th century.
- Offers lessons developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of world hunger to their students.
- Essay by Frank Norris, published 1899 about famine in Cuba.
- An Africana.com article: gives an account of why hunger and famine occur in parts of Africa, including social, political and economic reasons.
- Article, links and references arguing that Amartya Sen is mistaken in his analysis of the causes of famine.
- Discusses the distinctions between these three terms, and explains why it is necessary to understand these distinctions.

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