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Categories: Famines, Malnutrition, Development studies, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Articles with short description

famine 2005 Sub-Saharan African Food Crisis Causes of famines chronic hunger Famine-stricken

A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death WordNet 3.0

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A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. Wikipedia

Widespread shortage of food that may apply to any faunal species. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality Wikidata

A severe shortage of food, as through crop failure or over population. It may be due to poor harvests following drought, floods, earthquake, war, social conflict, etc. OmegaWiki

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