Famine is the most severe form of acute food insecurity. How, and when, is famine declared? And what happens next? Your ...

Famine is now occurring in Gaza City, according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security ...

The short answer is, there's no set rule. While the IPC says it is the ''primary mechanism'' used by the international community to analyze data and conclude whether a famine is happening or projected ...

IPC report's urgent call to the international community is clear: unless a ceasefire is enacted and skilled medical teams ...

The UN-backed IPC has found that Gaza now faces famine after 22 months of Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory.

Therefore by the time the UN called the Horn of Africa crisis a famine on July 20 2011 it was already a signal of large-scale loss of life. The causes of famine The Horn of Africa’s famine is ...

Feed the World What Causes Famine? It doesn’t take a Mao or a Stalin. By Mark Joseph Stern April 16, 20149:43 AM ...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) defines Famine as a situation in which at least one in five ...

Maxwell exphasizes that modern-day famines are rarely caused by a lack of food. “There has never been a case that agricultural production causes famine alone,” he says. “It only causes a famine if ...

The IPC, a global body that monitors hunger crises, says 22 months of war in Gaza have left half a million people facing ...

American doctor working in Gaza City says he'll leave famine declaration to experts, but says 'degree of weight loss, ...

Between 1845 and 1851, at least 1 million people died of famine-related causes. At least 1.5 million more left Ireland as emigrants to Britain, North America, Australia, and elsewhere.