Famine

A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are undernourished that death by starvation becomes increasingly common.

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In spite of the much greater technological and economic resources of the modern world, famine still strikes many parts of the world, mostly in the developing nations.

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Famine is associated with naturally-occurring crop failure and pestilence and artificially with war and genocide. In the past few decades a more nuanced view focused on the economic and political circumstances leading to modern famine has emerged. Modern relief agencies categorize various gradations of famine according to a famine scale.

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Many areas that suffered famines in the past have protected themselves through technological and social development. The first area in Europe to eliminate famine was the Netherlands, which saw its last peacetime famines in the early 17th century as it became a major economic power and established a complex political organization. A prominent economist on the subject, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, has noted that no functioning democracy has ever suffered a famine.

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Crop: Crop has several meanings:...

Pestilence: A pestilence is an epidemic or even a pandemic of a virulent and highly contagious disease. Cholera or Bubonic plague are examples of pestilence....

War: :For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation)....

Famine related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Famine in Brittany Special Edition of La Vie En Rose Produced to Benefit Bretons 1903

Famine in Days of Ethelred Illustration from 'Hutchinson's Story of British Nation'

On Board an Emigrant Ship at the Time of the Irish Famine