| Famine and Malnutrition - From EuropaWorld; a set of articles on the economics of farming and famine, food production, and how allocations of resources affects the poor.
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| The Great Famine and the Black Death - Lectures on the famine of 1315-1317 and the Black Death, by Lynn Harry Nelson, The University of Kansas.
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| What does the Nobel Prize mean? - Article, links and references arguing that Amartya Sen is mistaken in his analysis of the causes of famine.
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| Opinion: Devinder Sharma - Famine as commerce - 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.
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| What Is Food Security and Famine and Hunger? - Discusses the distinctions between these three terms, and explains why it is necessary to understand these distinctions.
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| What is Famine - Account of what famine is, and a brief discussion of the reasons for it.
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| Food Outlook - Publication offers a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of basic food commodities. Articles available in PDF format.
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| FEWS Net - United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.
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| Food Supply Situation & Crop Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa - 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.
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| Mass Starvations and the Limitations of Famine Theorising - Argues that famine is sometimes the result of deliberate policy by those in power. Article by Jenny Edkins. (PDF document)
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| Comida: An Experience in Famine - Essay by Frank Norris, published 1899 about famine in Cuba.
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| Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger - Offers lessons developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of world hunger to their students.
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| Hunger and Famine - An Africana.com article: gives an account of why hunger and famine occur in parts of Africa, including social, political and economic reasons.
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| Millennium Special: One hundred years of famine - Brief accounts of some of the principal famine events of the 20th century.
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