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Comida: An Experience in Famine
Essay by Frank Norris, published 1899 about famine in Cuba.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/NorComi.html

Famine and Malnutrition
From EuropaWorld; a set of articles on the economics of farming and famine, food production, and how allocations of resources affects the poor.
http://www.europaworld.org/Famine.htm

Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger
Offers lessons developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of world hunger to their students.
http://www.feedingminds.org/

FEWS Net
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.
http://www.fews.net/

Food Outlook
Publication offers a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of basic food commodities. Articles available in PDF format.
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/GIEWS/ENGLISH/fo/index.htm

Food Supply Situation & Crop Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa
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.
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/GIEWS/ENGLISH/af/index.htm

Opinion: Devinder Sharma - Famine as commerce
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.
http://www.indiatogether.org/agriculture/opinions/dsharma/faminecommerce.htm

What is Famine
Account of what famine is, and a brief discussion of the reasons for it.
http://www.ucc.ie/famine/About/abfamine.htm

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