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(CNN) — Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease.

According to Vaclav Smil, the problem in much of the world is not too little food but too much, which leads to high rates of ...

Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...

In the Darfur region, largely controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, hunger is taking a devastating toll.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

The latest round of Israeli violence was accompanied by warnings about the spread of famine in the Gaza Strip.