Comida: An Experience in Famine
Essay by Frank Norris, published 1899 about famine in Cuba.
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.
Millennium Special: One hundred years of famine
Brief accounts of some of the principal famine events of the 20th century.
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.
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.
Food Outlook
Publication offers a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of basic food commodities. Articles available in PDF format.
Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger
Offers lessons developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of world hunger to their students.
FEWS Net
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.
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)
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.
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.
What is Famine
Account of what famine is, and a brief discussion of the reasons for it.
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