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A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.
- List of famines
Famine in Anatolia caused by drought and floods: Turkey...
- Great Famine (Ireland)
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an...
- List of famines
Holodomór (in lingua ucraina Голодомо́р; in russo Golodomór, Голодомо́р) è il nome attribuito alla carestia nel territorio dell' Ucraina dal 1932 al 1933, che causò alcuni milioni di morti.
La Grande carestia irlandese (in irlandese: An Gorta Mór; inglese: The Great Famine oppure The Great Hunger) è la definizione data ad una carestia che colpì l'isola d'Irlanda tra il 1845 e il 1849, causando la morte di circa un milione di persone e l'emigrazione all'estero di un ulteriore milione.
A famine is an acute episode of extreme hunger that results in excess mortality due to starvation or hunger-induced diseases. 1. It is this crisis characteristic that distinguishes it from persistent malnutrition, which we discuss on another topic page.
18 mar 2024 · Famine is essentially a technical term, referring to a population that faces widespread malnutrition and hunger-related deaths due to a lack of access to food. “We say there is a famine when...
