What is Famine?
[[File:No-nb_bldsa_6a030.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Victims of the Russian famine of 1921–22 during the [[Russian Civil War]]]] '''Famine''' is a situation where most people do not have enough [[food]] to eat. Without food, the [[human]] [[body]] grows weaker and weaker until the person becomes very [[Illness|sick]] or [[Death|dies]] (see [[malnutrition]]). In [[poor]] [[country|countries]] with much [[subsistence farming]] such as in parts of [[Africa]] and [[Latin America]], famine can be [[wikt:common|common]]. == Famous famines == * 1816, the [[Year without a Summer]] was caused by [[Mount Tambora]] erupting. Tens of thousands died. * The [[Irish Potato Famine]] lasted from [[1846]] to [[1849]]. It was caused by a [[potato blight]]. * In the [[Holodomor]], about 7 million of people starved to death in [[Ukraine]] in 1932 and 1933. * The [[Great Leap Forward]] killed a few tens of millions of Chinese, in what was probably the biggest famine in history. ==Other websites== {{Wiktionary}} *[http://www.fews.net Famine Early Warning System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711011021/http://www.fews.net/ |date=2007-07-11 }} monitors agricultural production and other warning signs worldwide *[http://www.wfp.org United Nations World Food Programme] Hunger relief against poverty and famine *[http://www.ifpri.org International Food Policy Research Institute] Sustainable solutions for ending hunger *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2006/africa_food_crisis/default.stm In Depth: Africa's Food Crisis], [[BBC News]] {{science-stub}} [[Category:Disasters]] [[Category:Agriculture]] [[Category:Hunger]]