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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from feim, faim hunger, from [[Latin]] fames

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from feim, faim hunger, from [[Latin]] fames

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : an extreme [[scarcity]] of food

*1 : an extreme [[scarcity]] of food

*4 : a great shortage

*4 : a great shortage

==Description==

==Description==

A '''famine''' is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna faunal] species. This [[phenomenon]] is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased [[Death|mortality]].

A '''famine''' is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna faunal] species. This [[phenomenon]] is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased [[Death|mortality]].

Emergency measures in relieving famine primarily include providing deficient micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, through fortified sachet powders or directly through supplements. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_relief famine relief] [[model]] increasingly used by aid groups calls for giving [[Money|cash]] or cash vouchers to the hungry to pay local farmers instead of buying food from donor countries, often required by [[law]], as it wastes money on transport costs.

Emergency measures in relieving famine primarily include providing deficient micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, through fortified sachet powders or directly through supplements. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_relief famine relief] [[model]] increasingly used by aid groups calls for giving [[Money|cash]] or cash vouchers to the hungry to pay local farmers instead of buying food from donor countries, often required by [[law]], as it wastes money on transport costs.

Long term measures include investing in modern [[agriculture]] in places that lack them, such as fertilizers and irrigation, which largely eradicated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger hunger] in the developed world. However, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank World Bank] strictures restrict [[government]] subsidies for farmers and the spread of fertilizer use is hampered by some environmental groups.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine]

Long term measures include investing in modern [[agriculture]] in places that lack them, such as fertilizers and irrigation, which largely eradicated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger hunger] in the developed world. However, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank World Bank] strictures restrict [[government]] subsidies for farmers and the spread of fertilizer use is hampered by some environmental groups.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine]

[[Category: Health]]

[[Category: Health]]