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A woman, man, and child, all dead from starvation during the Russian famine of 1921–1922. A famine is a widespread scarcity of food [1] [2] caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies.
In Greek mythology, Limos (Ancient Greek: Λιμός, romanized: Līmós, lit. 'Famine, Hunger, Starvation') [1] is the personification of famine or hunger. Of uncertain sex, Limos was, according to Hesiod's Theogony, the offspring of Eris (Strife), with no father mentioned. [2]
Famine caused by drought during the third year in the Yuanding period. Starvation in over 40 commanderies east of the Hangu mountain pass. [2] China: 103 BC – 89 BC: Beminitiya Seya during the reign of the Five Dravidians [3] Anuradhapura Kingdom: 26 BC: Famine recorded throughout Near East and Levant, as recorded by Josephus: Judea: 20,000 ...
A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any faunal species. Famine may also refer to: Famine (comics), fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe; Famine (O'Flaherty novel), by Liam O'Flaherty; Famine (Masterton novel), 1981 novel by Graham Masterton; Famine, 2011 horror film; Famine, 2007 album by Graves of Valor
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The word "famine" has highly emotive and political connotations and there has been extensive discussion among international relief agencies offering food aid as to its exact definition. For example, in 1998, although a full-scale famine had developed in southern Sudan , a disproportionate amount of donor food resources went to the Kosovo War .
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In the late 1920s, cochineal decimated southern Madagascar's raketa vegetation (Opuntia sps.), leading to the first Kere. Dactylopius tomentosus. The cacti (Opuntia ficus-indica, O. tomentosa, O. robusta, O. monacantha, and O. vulgaris), introduced by a French count starting in 1769, had served as a famine food source and barrier to colonial control in southern Madagascar, enabling indigenous ...