Meager Harvests in Africa Leave Millions at the Edge of Starvation. / Rachel L. Swarns.
by Swarns, Rachel L; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 53Health. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Famines -- Africa | Food supply -- Africa | Hunger | Starvation | Malawi -- Politics and government | Southern AfricaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For the first time in a decade, severe hunger is sweeping across southern Africa. The United Nations says that two years of erratic weather--alternating droughts and floods--coupled with mismanagement of food supplies have left seven million people in six countries at risk of starvation." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the factors that have contributed to the severe famine in southern Africa.
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Originally Published: Meager Harvests in Africa Leave Millions at the Edge of Starvation, June 23, 2002; pp. 1+.
"For the first time in a decade, severe hunger is sweeping across southern Africa. The United Nations says that two years of erratic weather--alternating droughts and floods--coupled with mismanagement of food supplies have left seven million people in six countries at risk of starvation." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the factors that have contributed to the severe famine in southern Africa.
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