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Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine

November 29, 2017April 14, 2021 Bridget Conley 9926 Views famine, manmade famine, mass starvation

The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.

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