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Out of the shadow of famine: evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Raisuddin, Haggblade, Steven, Chowdhury, Tawfiq-e-Elahi

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Out of the shadow of famine: Evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Raisuddin, Haggblade, Steven, Chowdhury, Tawfiq-e-Elahi

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Tackling the threat of famine in Southern Africa: lessons from IFPRI research by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Bhouraskar, Ashwin

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Famine in Ethiopia: policy implications of coping failure at national and household levels by Webb, Patrick, von Braun, Joachim, Yohannes, Yisehac

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Food and cash for work in Ethiopia: experiences during famine and macroeconomic reform by Webb, Patrick, Kumar, Shubh K.

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Moisture availability, cropping period and the prospects of early warning of famine in Ethiopia by Henricksen, B.L., Durkin, J.W.

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Using weather index insurance to improve drought response for famine prevention by Chantarat, S., Barrett, Christopher B., Mude, Andrew G., Turvey, C.G.

“…The magnitude and intensity of such suffering sometimes merits the label "famine" (Howe and Devereux 2004). External (domestic and international) relief organizations and governments commonly step in to provide emergency assistance in the wake of catastrophic covariate shocks such as drought, especially when the specter of famine looms. …”
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The intergenerational legacy of the 1959–1961 Great Chinese Famine on children’s cognitive development by Tan, Chih Ming, Tan, Zhibo, Zhang, Xiaobo

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From famine to food security: A new agenda and approach must be adopted by Fan, Shenggen, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope

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Mitigating famine in Southern Africa: what have we learned from the past? by Bhouraskar, Ashwin, Babu, Suresh Chandra

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An Enduring or Dying Peasantry? Interactive Impact of Famine and HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi by Bryceson, Deborah Fahy, Fonseca, Jodie

“…The first section provides background on rural livelihoods in Malawi and various historical influences shaping the peasantry over time, followed by a consideration of changing famine coping strategies.…”
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Contingency planning for famines and other acute food shortages: a brief review. by Sarma, J. S.

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2015 Global hunger index: Calamitous famines cause 1 million or more deaths by Concern Worldwide

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Policy implications of regression estimates of drought and famine relationships: policy analysis training exercises by Bliven, Neal Wayne

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Food security in a drought-prone environment: coping with drought, famine and food insecurity by International Food Policy Research Institute

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Improving humanitarian response to slow-onset disasters using famine indexed weather derivatives by Chantarat, S., Turvey, C.G., Mude, Andrew G., Barrett, Christopher B.

“…This paper illustrates how weather derivatives indexed to forecasts of famine can be designed and used by operational agencies and donors to facilitate timely and reliable financing, for effective emergency response to climate-based, slow-onset disasters such as drought. …”
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Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development by Tan, Chih Ming, Tan, Zhibo, Zhang, Xiaobo

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The Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in central Mexico rather than the Andes by Goss, E.M., Tabima, J.F., Cooke, D.E.L., Restrepo, S., Fry, W.E., Forbes, G., Fieland, V.J., Cárdenas, M., Grunwald, N.J.

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Why does the great Chinese famine affect the male and female survivors differently? Mortality selection versus son preference by Mu, Ren, Zhang, Xiaobo

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2020 News & Views, August 1994: The unfinished agenda: famine and poverty in the 21st century (Featured article) by International Food Policy Research Institute

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