Famine in a sentence

In order to comprehensively address the issue of famine, the British created an Indian Famine commission to recommend steps that the government would be required to take in the event of a famine.

The intensity scale uses both livelihoods' measures and measurements of mortality and child malnutrition to categorize a situation as food secure, food insecure, food crisis, famine, severe famine, and extreme famine.

IPC's Famine Review Committee (FRC) confirmed that famine (IPC phase 5) is present in at least five areas, including North Darfur's Zamzam camp and parts of the Western Nuba Mountains.

Famine: Focusing on Takedowns and careful usage of the regenerative nanite containers are key to survivability when Famine is active.

UN warns Yemen in 'present danger' of famine (2 days ago) - Fourteen million people are facing "an imminent and great big famine," said a top UN.

As members of the collective farms were not allowed to receive any grain until sometimes unrealistic quotas were met, millions starved to death in a famine known as Holodomor or "Great Famine".

Attempts at famine alleviation Skibbereen 1847 by James Mahony for the Illustrated London News Because of the severity of famine, it was a chief concern for governments and other authorities.

Despite repeated stated intentions by the world's leaders to end hunger and famine, famine remains a chronic threat in much of Africa and Asia.

The Code introduced the first famine scale : three levels of food insecurity were defined: near-scarcity, scarcity, and famine.

The famine code was also one of the first attempts to scientifically predict famine in order to mitigate its effects.

There were notable counter-examples, such as the famine in Rwanda during World War II and the Malawi famine of 1949, but most famines were localized and brief food shortages.

Africa was on the eve of social, religious and financial disaster and famine — nonetheless happening right now.

After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, parts of Somalia are on the verge of famine and the rest of the country is faring little better.

Another fundraising event – but this time for famine victims in Ethiopia was organised by eight fourth-formers who staged a 50-hour non-stop snooker marathon in 1985.

Before that, it was inhabited by the Irish who emigrated to Boston during the Great Famine era, at the time making up nearly 50% of the North End’s population.

Built in order to raise awareness to the famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 (when more than one-and-a-half million people died), this gorgeous outdoor garden sits on more than a half-acre of land.

But amid threats of famine and war, the majority of the nation’s roughly 17 million citizens get on with daily life the best they can.

But we have all been impacted by extreme events for decades - from war, famine, mass displacement, and inter-communal violence to inequity, indignity, and poverty.

During famine, the availability of Indian slaves was plentiful, and the price of an Indian slave, treated as a commodity to be sold, dropped considerably.

During the famine, there was a shift to the south and west of these traditional regions.