Famine and food security in Ethiopia: lessons for Africa

The prevalent and generally accepted image of famine in Ethiopia has been one of hopeless inevitability with food shortage and starvation being an unavoidable consequence of environmental hardship combined with economic and political mismanagement and social chaos. This book challenges this received...

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Autores principales: Webb, Patrick, von Braun, Joachim
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156851
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description The prevalent and generally accepted image of famine in Ethiopia has been one of hopeless inevitability with food shortage and starvation being an unavoidable consequence of environmental hardship combined with economic and political mismanagement and social chaos. This book challenges this received view by using the authors' intimate and extensive research in the region to show that famine is not, and was not, inevitable in Ethiopia.
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spelling CGSpace1568512025-01-10T06:42:56Z Famine and food security in Ethiopia: lessons for Africa Webb, Patrick von Braun, Joachim famine drought food supply food security The prevalent and generally accepted image of famine in Ethiopia has been one of hopeless inevitability with food shortage and starvation being an unavoidable consequence of environmental hardship combined with economic and political mismanagement and social chaos. This book challenges this received view by using the authors' intimate and extensive research in the region to show that famine is not, and was not, inevitable in Ethiopia. 1994 2024-10-24T12:45:50Z 2024-10-24T12:45:50Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156851 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Webb, Patrick; von Braun, Joachim. 1994. Famine and food security in Ethiopia: lessons for Africa. Chichester; New York: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.2499/0471948195.
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Famine and food security in Ethiopia: lessons for Africa
title Famine and food security in Ethiopia: lessons for Africa
title_full Famine and food security in Ethiopia: lessons for Africa
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title_short Famine and food security in Ethiopia: lessons for Africa
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