List of famines
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[[Image:Irish potato famine Bridget O'Donnel.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Depiction of victims of the [[Great Irish Famine]], 1845-1849]]
This is an incomplete list of major [[famine]]s, ordered by date.
A complete list will almost certainly never become available.
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== China ==
One survey{{fact}} estimated that that there had been eighteen hundred famines were recorded between 108 BC and 1929 in China alone.
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== [[5th century BC]] ==
* [[440 BC]] famine in [[Ancient Rome]].
== [[2nd century BC]] ==
* Between 108 BC and 1911 AD there were no fewer than 1828 major famines in [[China]], or one nearly every year in one or another province; however, the famines varied greatly in severity.<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1473-799X%28192705%296%3A3%3C185%3ACLOF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePag China: Land of Famine]</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,731493-1,00.html "Heaven, Observe!" - TIME]</ref>
== [[5th century]] AD ==
* Famine in [[Western Europe]] associated with the [[Fall of Rome]] and its sack by [[Alaric I]]. Between 400 and 800 AD, the population of the city of [[Rome]] fell by over 90%, mainly because of famine and [[Plague of Justinian|plague]].<ref>[http://stutzfamily.com/mrstutz/population/pophistorymodule/history-4.htm A Brief History of Population]</ref> See [[Medieval demography]].
== [[7th century]] AD ==
* 639 AD - Famine in Arabia during the [[Caliphate]] of `Umar ibn Al-Khattab
* 650 Famine throughout India
== [[8th century]] ==
* 750's famine in [[Spain]]<ref>[http://libro.uca.edu/ics/ics5.htm Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages]</ref>
== [[9th century]] ==
* 800-1000 AD, severe [[drought]] killed millions of [[Maya civilization|Maya]] people with famine and thirst and initiated a cascade of internal collapses that destroyed their civilization<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0826327745 The Great Maya Droughts: Water, Life, and Death]</ref>
* 809 famine in [[Frankish Empire]]<ref>[http://www.orlok.com/timenine.html The Ninth Century]</ref>
* 875-884 peasant [[list of revolutions and rebellions|rebellion]] in China inspired by famine; [[Huang Chao]] captured capital
== [[10th century]] ==
* 927 famine in [[Byzantine Empire]]<ref>[http://www.doaks.org/EconHist/EHB46.pdf The Economic History of Byzantinum]</ref>
== [[11th century]] ==
* 1005 Famine in [[England]]<ref>[http://www.enotes.com/peoples-chronology/year-1005 1005: The People's Chronology]</ref> There were 95 famines in the Middle Ages.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Famines+through+history-a0114325996 Famines through history.]</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/08/08/do0809.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2004/08/08/ixop.html Poor studies will always be with us]</ref>
* 1016 Famine throughout [[Europe]]<ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Famine Famine - LoveToKnow 1911]</ref>
* 1022,1033 Great famines in India, in which entire provinces were depopulated
* 1064-1072 Seven years' famine in [[Egypt]]
* 1051 famine forced the [[Toltecs]] to migrate from a stricken region in what is now central Mexico<ref>[http://www.selfempowermentacademy.com.au/pdf/L3_LIVING_on_LIGHT/Glob_Journ/2-m&f.PDF The Facts of Malnutrition and Famine]</ref>
* 1066 famine in England
== [[13th century]] ==
* 1199-1202 famine in Egypt
* 1230 famine in [[Republic of Novgorod|Novgorod]]
* 1231-1232 famine in [[Japan]]
* 1235 famine in England. 20,000 die in [[London]], alone
* 1255 famine in [[Portugal]]<ref>[http://www.portugal-info.net/history/first-dynasty.htm Portugal > History and Events]</ref>
* 1258 famine in [[Germany]] and [[Italy]]
* 1294 famine in England
== [[14th century]] ==
* [[Great Famine of 1315-1317|1315-1317 Great Famine]] in [[Europe]]<ref>[http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/black_death.html The Great Famine and the Black Death]</ref>
* 1333 famine in Portugal
* 1333-1334 famine in Spain
* 1333-1337 famine in [[China]]<ref>[http://www.norfolkesinet.org.uk/pages/viewpage.asp?uniqid=3358 Projects and Events: 14th Century]</ref>
* 1344-1345 Great famine in India
* 1387 after [[Timur|Timur the Lame]] left [[Asia Minor]], severe famine ensued
* 1390 famine in England
* 1396-1407 The Durga Devi famine in India, lasting twelve years<ref>[http://bidar.nic.in/hist.htm Bidar District Important Historical Events]</ref>
== [[15th century]] ==
* 1403-1404 famine in Egypt
* 1441 famine in [[Mayapan]], [[Mexico]]<ref>[http://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/web/humanpast/summaries/ch16.html Welcome to The Human Past]</ref>
* 1445 famine in Korea
* 1450-1454 famine in [[Aztec]] Empire
* 1460 – 1461 [[Kanshō]] famine in Japan
== [[16th century]] ==
* 1504 famine in Spain<ref>[http://libro.uca.edu/vassberg/land7.htm Land and Society in Golden Age Castile]</ref>
* 1518 famine in [[Venice]]
* 1528 famine in [[Languedoc]], France<ref>[http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-FAM.PDF The Dimension of Famine]</ref>
* 1535 [[Famines in Ethiopia|famine in Ethiopia]]
* 1540 famine in Spain
* 1555 famine in England
* 1567-1570 famine in [[Harar]] in [[Ethiopia]], combined with plague. Emir of Harar, died.
* 1574-1576 famine in [[Istanbul]] and [[Anatolia]]
* 1586 famine in England which gave rise to the [[Poor Law]] system
* 1590s famines in Europe
== [[17th century]] ==
* 1599-1600 famine in Spain
* 1601-1603 one of the worst famines in all of Russian history; famine killed as many as 100,000 in Moscow and up to one-third of Tsar [[Boris Godunov|Godunov]]'s subjects.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/boris-godunov?cat=entertainment Boris Feodorovich Godunov]</ref><ref>[http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h20russ.htm Russia before Peter the Great]</ref> Same famine killed about half [[Estonia]]n population.
* 1611 famine in [[Anatolia]]
* 1618-1648 famines in Europe caused by [[Thirty Years' War]]
* 1619 famine in [[Tokugawa shogunate|Japan]]. During the [[Edo period|Tokugawa period]], there were 154 famines, of which 21 were widespread and serious.<ref>[http://www.shikokuhenrotrail.com/japanhistory/edohistory.html A Chronology of Japanese History]</ref>
* 1623-1624 famine in England
* 1630-1631 [[Deccan Famine of 1630-32|Deccan famine in India]] kills 2,000,000 (Note: There was a corresponding famine in northwestern China, eventually causing the [[Ming dynasty]] to collapse in 1644.)
* 1636 famine in Spain
* 1648-1660 [[Deluge (history)|Poland]] lost an estimated 1/3 of its population due to the [[wars]], famine, and [[Plague (disease)|plague]]
* 1649 famine in northern England
* 1650-1652 famine in the east of France
* 1651-1653 famine throughout much of [[Ireland]] during the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland#Guerrilla warfare, famine and plague|Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/ashorthistory/archive/intro99.shtml BBC - Northern Ireland - A Short History]</ref>
* 1661 famine in India, when not a drop of rain fell for two years<ref>[http://www.ayton.id.au/gary/History/H_C17.htm#Asia: The 17th Century]</ref>
* 1661-1662 famine in [[Morocco]]
* 1661-1662 famine in [[France]]
* 1669 famine in [[Bengal]]
* 1680 famine in [[Sardinia]]<ref>[http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/351/italian%20states.htm Italian States in the Seventeenth Century]</ref>
* 1680 famine in Japan
* 1680s famine in [[Sahel]]
* 1690s famine in [[Scotland]] which may have killed 15% of the population
* 1693-1694 famine in [[France]] which killed 2 million people<ref name="Appleby1980">{{cite journal |last=Appleby |first=Andrew B. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1980 |month= |title=Epidemics and Famine in the Little Ice Age |journal=Journal of Interdisciplinary History |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=643–663 |doi=10.2307/203063 |url= |accessdate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Ograda2002">{{cite journal |last=Ó Gráda |first=Cormac |authorlink= |coauthors=Chevet, Jean-Michel |year=2002 |month= |title=Famine And Market In ''Ancient Régime'' France |journal=The Journal of Economic History |volume=62 |issue= |pages=706–733 |doi=10.1017/S0022050702001055 |url= |accessdate= |quote= }}</ref>
* 1695-1697 [[Great Famine of Estonia (1695-1697)|Great Famine of Estonia]] killed about a fifth of [[Estonia]]n population (70 000 – 75 000 people). Famine also hit [[Sweden]] (80 000 – 100 000 dead)
* 1696-1697 famine in [[Finland]] wiped out almost a third of the population<ref>[http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/fitimeln.htm Finland timeline]</ref>
== [[18th century]] ==
* 1702-1704 famine in [[Deccan]], India, killed 2 million people
* 1706-1707 famine in France
* 1708-1711 famine in [[East Prussia]] killed 250,000 people or 41% of its population<ref>[http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-FAM.PDF The Dimension of Famine.]</ref>
* 1709-1710 famine in France<ref>[http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/little_ice_age.html The Little Ice Age in Europe]</ref>
* [[Great Irish Famine (1740-1741)|1740-1741 famine in Ireland]]
* 1722 famine in Arabia<ref>[http://www.springerlink.com/content/h42p5q207t777913/ Climatic fluctuation and natural disasters in Arabia between mid-17th and early 20th Centuries]</ref>
* 1727-1728 famine in [[Midlands#English Midlands|England]]<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1953%28198021%2910%3A4%3C643%3AEAFITL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage Epidemics and Famine in the Little Ice Age]</ref>
* 1732 famine in Japan
* 1738-1739 famine in France
* 1738-1756 famine in [[West Africa]], half the population of [[Timbuktu]] died of starvation<ref>[http://ag.arizona.edu/~lmilich/desclim.html Len Milich: Anthropogenic Desertification vs ‘Natural’ Climate Trends]</ref>
* 1741 famine in [[Norway]]
* 1750 famine in Spain
* 1764 famine in [[Naples]]<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-27717/Italy#318781.hook Naples and Sicily -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia]</ref>
* 1769-1773 [[Bengal famine of 1770]]<ref>[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/EUD_FAT/FAMINE_Lat_fames_hunger_.html FAMINE ()]</ref>
* 1770-1771 [[Famines in Czech lands|famine in Czech lands]] killed hundreds of thousands people
* 1771-1772 famine in [[Saxony]] and southern [[Germany]]
* 1773 famine in [[Sweden]]
* 1779 famine in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]]<ref>[http://www.ub.es/geocrit/locust.htm The locust plague]</ref>
* 1780s Great ''Tenmei'' Famine in [[Japan]]
* 1783 famine in [[Iceland]] caused by [[Laki (volcano)]] eruption killed one-fifth of Iceland's population<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-257941/Haze-Famine Haze Famine (Icelandic history)]</ref>
* 1783-84 [[Chalisa famine|''Chalisa'' famine]] in [[South Asia]]
* 1784 widespread famine throughout Egypt<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061121232204.htm ScienceDaily: Icelandic Volcano Caused Historic Famine In Egypt, Study Shows]</ref>
* 1784-1785 famine in [[Tunisia]] killed up to one-fifth of all Tunisians
* 1788 famine in [[France]]. The two years previous to the [[Causes of the French Revolution|French Revolution]] saw bad harvests and harsh winters, possibly because of a strong [[El Niño]] cycle<ref name="Grove1998">{{cite journal |last=Grove |first=Richard H. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1998 |month= |title=Global Impact of the 1789–93 El Niño |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |volume=393 |issue=6683 |pages=318–319 |doi=10.1038/30636 |url= |accessdate= |quote= }}</ref> caused by the 1783 [[Laki]] eruption at [[Iceland]].<ref name="Wood1992">{{cite book |title=The Year Without a Summer? |chapter=The climatic effects of the 1783 Laki eruption |last=Wood |first=C. A. |authorlink= |editor=Harrington, C. R. (ed.) |year=1992 |publisher=Canadian Museum of Nature |location=Ottawa |isbn= |pages=58–77 }}</ref><ref name="Neumann1977">{{cite journal |last=Neumann |first=J. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1977 |month= |title=Great Historical Events that were Significantly Affected by the Weather: 2, The Year Leading to the Revolution of 1789 in France |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=163–168 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477(1977)058<0163:GHETWS>2.0.CO;2 |url= |accessdate= |quote= }}</ref>
* 1789 [[Famines in Ethiopia|Famine in Ethiopia]] afflicted "all the provinces"
* 1789-92 [[Doji bara famine|''Doji bara'' famine]] or [[Skull famine]] in [[India]]
== [[19th century]] ==
* 1800-1801 famine in Ireland
* Four famines - in 1810, 1811, 1846, and 1849 - in China claimed nearly 45 million lives.<ref>[http://www.mitosyfraudes.org/Polit/Famines.html Fearfull Famines of the Past]</ref>
* 1811-1812 famine devastated [[Madrid]], taking nearly 20,000 lives
* 1815 eruption [[Mount Tambora|Tambora]], Indonesia. Tens of thousands died of subsequent famine
* 1816-1817 famine in Europe ([[Year Without a Summer]])
* 1830 famine killed almost half the population of [[Cape Verde]]
* 1830s [[Tenpo famine]] ([[Japan]])
* 1835 famine in [[Egypt]] killed 200,000
* 1845-1849 [[Great Irish Famine]] killed more than 1 million people<ref>[http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/ireland/great-famine The Great Famine in Ireland, 1845-1849]</ref>
* 1846 famine led to the peasant revolt known as “Maria da Fonte” in the north of [[Portugal]]
* 1846-1857 [[Highland Potato Famine (1846 - 1857)|Highland Potato Famine]] in [[Scotland]]
* 1850-1873 as a result of [[Taiping Rebellion]], drought, and famine, the population of [[Qing Dynasty|China]] drop by over 60 million people<ref>[http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHING/TAIPING.HTM Ch'ing China: The Taiping Rebellion]</ref>
* 1866 [[Orissa famine of 1866]] in [[India]]; one million perished
* [[Finnish famine of 1866-1868|1866-1868 Famine in Finland]]. About 15% of the entire population died
* 1869 [[Rajputana famine of 1869]] in [[India]]; one million and a half perished
* 1870-1871 famine in [[Persia]] is believed to have caused the death of 2 million persons<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0041-977X%281986%2949%3A1%3C183%3ATGPFO1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage The Great Persian Famine of 1870-1871]</ref>
* 1873-1874 famine in [[Anatolia]]
* [[Irish Famine (1879)|1879 Famine in Ireland]]
* All mortality avoided in [[Bihar famine of 1873–74]] in India.
* 1876-1879 Famine in India, China, [[Brazil]], Northern Africa (and other countries). Famine in northern China killed 13 million people. 5.25 million died in the [[Great Famine of 1876–78]] in India.
* 1888 famine in Sudan
* 1888-1892 [[Famines in Ethiopia|Ethiopian Great famine]]. About one-third of the population died.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966291-3,00.html Famine Hunger stalks Ethiopia once again -- and aid groups fear the worst]</ref><ref>[http://www.ccb.ucar.edu/ijas/ijasno2/georgis.html El Niño and Drought Early Warning in Ethiopia]</ref> Conditions worsen with [[cholera]] outbreaks (1889-92), a [[typhus]] epidemic, and a major [[smallpox]] epidemic (1889-90).
* 1891-1892 famine in Russia caused 375,000 to 500,000 deaths<ref>[http://www.iupui.edu/~histwhs/h699.dir/HumanitChrono.htm The History of International Humanitarian Assistance]</ref>
* 1896-1897 famine in northern China
* 1896-1902 famine in India
== [[20th century]] ==
* 1907 famine in east-central China
* 1914-1918 [[Mount Lebanon]] famine during [[World War I]] which killed about a third of the population
* 1914-1918 famine in Belgium
* 1916-1917 famine caused by the British blockade of [[Germany]] in WWI; up to 750,000 [[Germans]] starved to death<ref>[http://www.uwm.edu/People/mroffers/germanfamine.htm Another Famine]</ref>
* 1916-1917 winter famine in [[Russia]]
* 1917-1919 famine in [[Iran|Persia]]. As much as 1/4 of the population living in the north of Iran died in the famine<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/timeline/text/qresource.html Global Connections . Timeline]</ref>
* 1917-1921 a series of famines in [[Turkestan]] at the time of the Bolshevik revolution killed about a sixth of the population<ref>[http://www.les-treilles.com/ssimages/c_2003_06_OGrada.html Famine perspectives from past and present]</ref>
* [[Russian famine of 1921|1921 famine in Russia]] killed 5 million<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/natural-disasters.html World's worst natural disasters since 1900]</ref>
* [[1921-1922 Famine in Tatarstan]]
* 1921-1922 famine in [[Volga German]] colonies in Russia. One-third of the entire population perished<ref>[http://www.volgagermans.net/volgagermans/Volga%20Famine%20Years.htm The German Colonies on the Volga River - Famine Years]</ref>
* 1928-1929 famine in northern China. The [[drought]] resulted in 3 million deaths
* 1928-1929 famine in Ruanda-Burundi, causing large migrations to the Congo
* 1932-1933 [[Soviet famine of 1932-1933|Soviet famine]] in [[Ukraine]] ([[Holodomor]]), some parts of [[Russia]]<ref>[http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/outreach/conventions_speeches/dr_sinner.html The NDSU Libraries: Germans From Russia]</ref> and [[North Caucasus]] area.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-415583/Famine-of-1932 Famine of 1932, or Ukrainian genocide (Soviet history)]</ref> As many as 10 million people may have died<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6179818.stm Legacy of famine divides Ukraine]</ref>
* 1932-1933 famine in [[Kazakhstan]] killed 1.2-1.5 million<ref>[http://zhe.stanford.edu/spring05/Kazakhstan2.pdf The Kazakh Catastrophe and Stalin’s Order of Priorities, 1929-1933: Evidence from the Soviet Secret Archives]</ref>
* 1936 famine in China, with an estimated 5 million fatalities<ref>[http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/hazards/timeline.html Natural Disasters and Hazards - Historical Events Timeline]</ref>
* 1940-1943 famine in [[Warsaw Ghetto]]
* 1941-44 [[Siege of Leningrad|Leningrad]] famine caused by a 900-day blockade by [[Consequences of German Nazism|Nazi]] and Finnish troops. About one million Leningrad residents starved, froze, or were bombed to death in the winter of 1941-42, when supply routes to the city were cut off and temperatures dropped to -40 degrees.
* 1941-1942 famine in [[Greece]] caused by Nazi occupation.<ref>[http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521829328&ss=exc Famine and Death in Occupied Greece, 1941-1944]</ref> An estimated 300,000 people perished
* 1942-1943 famine killed one million in [[China]]
* [[Bengal famine of 1943|1943 famine in Bengal]]
* 1943 famine in Ruanda-Urundi, causing [[Human migration|migrations]] to the Congo
* [[Dutch famine of 1944|1944 famine in the Netherlands]] during [[World War II]], more than 20,000 deaths
* [[Vietnamese Famine of 1945|1945 famine in Vietnam]]
* 1946-1947 famine in [[Soviet Union]]
* 1958 [[Famines in Ethiopia|Famine in Tigray]], Ethiopia, claimed 100,000 lives
* 1959-1961 [[Great Leap Forward]] / [[The Great Chinese Famine]] (China). The official statistic is 20 million deaths, as given by [[Hu Yaobang]]
* 1965-1967 [[drought]] in [[India]] responsible for 1.5 million deaths<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/08/f-natural-disasters-history.html The world's worst natural disasters]</ref>
* 1966 famine in [[Bihar]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.liberalsindia.com/freedomfirst/ff452-03.html The Architect of India's Second Liberation]</ref>
* 1967-1970 [[Biafra#Legacy|Biafran famine]] caused by Nigerian blockade
* 1968-1972 [[Sahel drought]] created a famine that killed a million people<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908581,00.html Famine Casts Its Grim Global Shadow], TIME</ref>
* 1973 [[Famines in Ethiopia|famine in Ethiopia]]; failure of the government to handle this crisis led to fall of [[Haile Selassie]] and to [[Derg]] rule
* 1974 [[Bangladesh famine of 1974|famine in Bangladesh]]
* 1975-1979 [[Khmer Rouge]]. An estimated 2 million [[Cambodians]] lost their lives to [[murder]], [[forced labor]] and famine
* 1980 famine in [[Karamoja]], [[Uganda]]
* [[1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia|1984 famine in Ethiopia]]
* 1991-1993 [[Operation Provide Relief|Somalian famine]]
* 1996 [[North Korean famine]] [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/august97/korea_8-26.html] [http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr990802.html]
* 1998 [[1998 Sudan famine|famine in Sudan]] caused by [[Second Sudanese Civil War|war]] and [[drought]]
* 1998-2000 famine in [[Ethiopia]]. The situation worsened by [[Eritrean-Ethiopian War]]
* 1998-2004 [[Second Congo War]]. 3.8 million people died, mostly from starvation and disease
* 2000-2008 [[Zimbabwe]]'s food crisis caused by [[Robert Mugabe|Mugabe]]'s [[Land reform in Zimbabwe#Economic Consequences|land reform]] policies<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2678557.stm Famine plagues Zimbabwe]</ref>
== [[21st century]] ==
* 2003- famine in [[Sudan]]/Darfur ([[Darfur conflict]])
* [[2005 Malawi food crisis]]
* [[2005-06 Niger food crisis]]
* [[2006 Horn of Africa food crisis]]
* [[2008]]- [[Myanmar]] food crisis. The [[Cyclone Nargis]] devastated [[Burma]]'s major [[rice]]-producing region.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/15/asia/food.php Food crisis looms in Myanmar], International Herald Tribune</ref>
* [[2008]]- [[North Korean famine#External links|North Korean food crisis]]<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/korea.food/ North Korea at risk of famine, says U.N.], CNN.com</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737780,00.html The Next Great North Korean Famine], TIME</ref>
* [[2008]]- [[Horn of Africa]] food crisis<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/ethiopia/2083074/Ethiopia-facing-new-famine-with-4.5-million-children-in-danger-of-starvation.html Ethiopia facing new famine with 4.5 million children in danger of starvation ], Telegraph</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/africa/17somalia.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin Famine Looms as Wars Rend Horn of Africa], NYTimes.com</ref>
* [[2008]]- [[Afghanistan]] food crisis<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24422672/ Food crisis leaves Afghans desperate], msnbc.com</ref>
* [[2008]]- [[Bangladesh]] food crisis<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080412/food-crisis-looms-in-bangladesh.htm Food Crisis Looms in Bangladesh], International Business Times</ref>
* [[2008]]- [[East Africa]] food crisis<ref>[http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=72&ReportId=77872 In-depth | Food Crisis: Status and Impacts], IRIN</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Famine]]
* [[Disaster]]
* [[Overpopulation]]
* [[Starvation]]
* [[Medieval demography]]
* [[Life expectancy]]
* [[World population]]
* [[Food security]]
* [[List of natural disasters by death toll#Famine|List of natural disasters by death toll]]
* [[Climate changes of 535-536]]
* [[Depopulation]]
* [[List of disasters]]
* [[Peak oil#Population|Agriculture and population limits]]
* [[2007–2008 world food price crisis]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [[Livy]] 4.13
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/29/food.g2 The looming food crisis]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/22/food.foodanddrink Millions face famine as crop disease rages]
* [http://www.energybulletin.net/24319.html Fuelling a Food Crisis: The impact of peak oil on food security]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/31/climatechange.food Global food crisis looms as climate change and population growth strip fertile land]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/03/food.climatechange Global food crisis looms as climate change and fuel shortages bite]
* [http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=213343 Forget oil, the new global crisis is food]
* [http://www.bookrags.com/history/worldhistory/faminechina-ema-02/ Famine in China]
* [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/pages/F/A/Famine.htm Famines in Ukraine]
* [http://www.ennonline.net/fex/08/ms20.html One hundred years of famine]
* [http://www.uwm.edu/People/mroffers/germanfamine.htm Another Famine]
* [http://stutzfamily.com/mrstutz/population/pophistorymodule/history-4.htm A Brief History of Population]
* [http://across.co.nz/WorldsWorstDisasters.html Worlds Worst Natural Disasters]
* [http://www.estonica.org/eng/lugu.html?menyy_id=95&kateg=43&alam=61&leht=4 Great Famine (1695 – 1697)]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6179818.stm Legacy of famine divides Ukraine]
* [http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-FAM.PDF The dimension of famine]
* [http://century.guardian.co.uk/1899-1909/Story/0,,97583,00.html The famine in China |1899-1909]
* [http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/disaster.html The worst Natural Disasters ever]
* [http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Out/index.htm Outgrowing the Earth]
* [http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2005/Update48.htm Oil and Food: A Rising Security Challenge]
* [http://ag.arizona.edu/~lmilich/desclim.html Drought and Desertification]
* [http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/080902_water_shortages.htm Water Shortages May Lead to Food Shortages]
* [http://www.selfempowermentacademy.com.au/pdf/L3_LIVING_on_LIGHT/Glob_Journ/2-m&f.PDF The facts on malnutrition & famine]
* [http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/global.pdf Water and Climate Events of the 20th Century]
* [http://www.geocities.com/dtmcbride/hist/disasters-war.html Death Toll Disasters-War-Accidents]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/natural-disasters.html World's worst natural disasters since 1900]
* [http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h20russ.htm Time of Troubles]
* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Famine Famine - LoveToKnow 1911]
* [http://www.les-treilles.com/ssimages/c_2003_06_OGrada.html Famine perspectives from past and present]
* [http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/05/02/1357451.htm Famine looms in Zimbabwe, aid agency warns]
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