Famine | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-07

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00:01:23 1 Definitions
00:02:21 2 History
00:03:11 2.1 Decline of famine
00:07:07 2.2 Attempts at famine alleviation
00:12:15 2.3 20th century
00:14:38 3 21st century
00:15:45 4 Regional history
00:15:55 4.1 Africa
00:30:57 4.2 The role of African Unity organization
00:31:45 4.3 Far East
00:40:31 4.4 India
00:44:26 4.5 Middle East
00:45:25 4.6 Europe
00:58:55 4.7 Latin America
00:59:51 4.8 Oceania
01:00:45 5 Risk of future famine
01:08:22 6 Causes
01:12:09 6.1 Climate and population pressure
01:14:47 6.2 State-sponsored famines
01:18:43 7 Famine prevention
01:23:38 7.1 Food security
01:25:24 7.2 Relief
01:31:01 7.3 Levels of food insecurity
01:34:18 8 Society and culture
01:34:45 9 See also



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A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Every inhabited continent in the world has experienced a period of famine throughout history. In the 19th and 20th century, it was generally Southeast and South Asia, as well as Eastern and Central Europe that suffered the most deaths from famine. The numbers dying from famine began to fall sharply from the 2000s.
Some countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, continue to have extreme cases of famine. Since 2010, Africa has been the most affected continent in the world. As of 2017, the United Nations has warned some 20 million are at risk in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen. The distribution of food has been affected by conflict. Most programmes now direct their aid towards Africa.