Famine is not the problem: a historical perspective.

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  • Author(s): Ó Gráda, Cormac
  • Source:
    Historical Research. Feb2015, Vol. 88 Issue 239, p20-33. 14p. 2 Charts, 4 Graphs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      FAMINES; MALNUTRITION; CANNIBALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; GOVERNMENT policy; HISTORY
    • Abstract:
      Thanks to the globalization of relief and increasing global food output, the famines of the twenty-first century (so far), Somalia (civil war) and North Korea (autarky) apart, have been small. Today malnutrition is a much more intractable and pressing problem than famine, even though the proportion of the world's poor that is malnourished has been declining. Moreover, although the prospects for avoiding famines in peacetime in the short run are good, global warming looms in the medium term. These contrasting signals are not lost on international non-governmental organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]