famine studies

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• - Report of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) that provides an assessment of the current food supply situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Articles in PDF format.
  
• - Account of what famine is, and a brief discussion of the reasons for it.
  
• - United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.
  
• - Argues that famine is sometimes the result of deliberate policy by those in power. Article by Jenny Edkins. (PDF document)
  
• - Describes and denounces attempts by richer and food exporting nations to use famines in other countries as a political weapon, and to bolster their own agricultural industries.
  
• - Lectures on the famine of 1315-1317 and the Black Death, by Lynn Harry Nelson, The University of Kansas.
  
• - Publication offers a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of basic food commodities. Articles available in PDF format.
  
• - From EuropaWorld; a set of articles on the economics of farming and famine, food production, and how allocations of resources affects the poor.
  
• - Brief accounts of some of the principal famine events of the 20th century.
  
• - Offers lessons developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of world hunger to their students.
  
• - Essay by Frank Norris, published 1899 about famine in Cuba.
  
• - An Africana.com article: gives an account of why hunger and famine occur in parts of Africa, including social, political and economic reasons.
  
• - Article, links and references arguing that Amartya Sen is mistaken in his analysis of the causes of famine.
  
• - Discusses the distinctions between these three terms, and explains why it is necessary to understand these distinctions.