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Date: 2024-04-23 Page is: DBtxt001.php list0300-Famine

Famine

A listing of files associated with Famine

Issue
Famine
Basic observation
Famine affects perhaps as many as 1 billion people ... all the time.
Prevailing response
Many early warning systems have been created, but these systems are not an integral part of an effective way of mitigating famine impact. The world has enough food capacity, but it does not have the mechanisms to deliver food where it is needed.
A better response
Giving food away keeps people alive, but it does not prevent famine. In fact, giving food away tends to create an economic response that makes famine more likely. Famine should not be happening, but the full facts about fund flows, activities and famine have still to be compiled and conclusions drawn. At the moment, in my view, famine is caused by a systemic failure of the economic system and governance.

Famine as a crime against humanity
Drought does not necessarily lead to famine: The catastrophe in Somalia was man-made.

Open file 1547

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