The Cold War era was marked by political tension, espionage, and a nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet ...
Unpredictable Crop Yields Extreme weather events, like frost, drought, and heavy rainfall, are becoming more common and have ...
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 ...
The swarming grasshoppers can have a devastating effect on crops, especially in Africa ... local communities to predict economic causes of famine. The group built various custom software tools ...
His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel pathogen, the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans.
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 ...