Njaa

na mtoto wenye njaa wakati wa njaa kuu ya Mlima Lebanoni chini ya Waturuki, 1915–1918.]]
**Njaa** ni hali ya kukosa chakula kinachohitajiwa na mwili ili kujimudu.

Sababu zake zinaweza kuwa mbalimbali, kama vile vita, ukame, maradhi ya mimea, wadudu waharibifu, utovu wa ustadi katika uzalishaji na utunzaji wa mazao, ugumu wa mawasiliano n.k.

Kila bara liliwahi kupatwa na hali hiyo katika historia, na bado hiyo ni tishio kwa nchi mbalimbali, pia kutokana na sababu mpya, kama vile utandawazi, matumizi ya mazao kwa ajili ya kuendesha mashine kiekolojia.

## Marejeo 
* Asimov, Isaac, ''Asimov's New Guide to Science*, pp.&nbsp;152–153, Basic Books, Inc. : 1984.
* Bhatia, B.M. (1985) Famines in India: A study in Some Aspects of the Economic History of India with Special Reference to Food Problem, Delhi: Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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* Davis, Mike, *Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World*, London, Verso, 2002 (Excerpt online.)
* Dutt, Romesh C. *Open Letters to Lord Curzon on Famines and Land Assessments in India*, first published 1900, 2005 edition by Adamant Media Corporation, Elibron Classics Series, ISBN 1-4021-5115-2.
* Dutt, Romesh C. *The Economic History of India under early British Rule*, first published 1902, 2001 edition by Routledge, ISBN 0-415-24493-5
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* Ganson, Nicholas, The Soviet Famine of 1946-47 in Global and Historical Perspective. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. (ISBN 0-230-61333-0)
* Genady Golubev and Nikolai Dronin, *Geography of Droughts and Food Problems in Russia (1900–2000)*, Report of the International Project on Global Environmental Change and Its Threat to Food and Water Security in Russia (Februari 2004).
* Greenough, Paul R., *Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal. The Famine of 1943-1944*, Oxford University Press 1982
* Harrison, G. Ainsworth.,*Famine*, Oxford University Press, 1988.
* LeBlanc, Steven, *Constant battles: the myth of the peaceful, noble savage'', St. Martin's Press (2003) argues that recurring famines have been the major cause of warfare since paleolithic times. ISBN 0-312-31089-7
* Lassa, Jonatan., "Famine, drought, malnutrition: Defining and fighting hunger." http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2006/07/03/famine-drought-malnutrition-defining-and-fighting-hunger.html . 3 Julai 2006.
* Li, Lillian M. *Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s* (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-8047-5304-3.
* Mead, Margaret. “The Changing Significance of Food.” American Scientist. (Machi–Aprili 1970). pp.&nbsp;176–189.
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* Middlebrook, Peter, When the Public Works: Generating Employment and Social Protection in Ethiopia, Lambert Academic Publishing. 2009. ISBN 978-3-8383-0672-8
* Moon, William. "Origins of the Great North Korean Famine." North Korean Review http://mcfarland.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,8,10;journal,2,9;linkingpublicationresults,1:120199,1 
* Sen, Amartya, *Poverty and Famines : An Essay on Entitlements and Deprivation*, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1982 via Questia via Oxford Press
* Shipton, Parker, *African Famines and Food Security: Anthropological Perspectives*, Annual Review of Anthropology, volume 19, pages 353–394
* Srivastava, H.C., The History of Indian Famines from 1858–1918, Sri Ram Mehra and Co., Agra, 1968.
* Sommerville, Keith. Why famine stalks Africa, BBC, 2001
* Webb, Patrick. Famine. In Griffiths, M (ed.). *Encyclopaedia of International Relations and Global Politics*. London: Routledge, 2005, pp.&nbsp;270–72.
* Woo-Cumings, Meredith, , ADB Institute Research Paper 31, Januari 2002.

## Viungo vya nje 
* 1980s Drought and Subsequent Food Crisis from the Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives
* Relief in Malawi with sustainable living 
* Morning Star Fishermen  And The Race Against Hunger
* United Nations World Food Programme Hunger relief against poverty and famine
* International Food Policy Research Institute Sustainable solutions for ending hunger
* Article  from Technorati on the Issue of Shrinking Arable Farmland and its Contribution to Food shortages and high food prices
* In Depth: Africa's Food Crisis, BBC News
*  (Peter Middlebrook)
* Overfarming African Land Is Worsening Hunger Crisis - New York Times
* The blog about the upcoming food shortage crisis
* Food Security: A Review of Literature from Ethiopia to India (Geopolicity) 
* Famine Crimes in International Law . David Marcus, The American Journal of International Law, 2003.
* The Real Causes of Famine - Time Magazine