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SLIDE SHOW: Life-cycle of a famine
15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Girl stands in front of empty granaries in northwestern Niger in August 2005.
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Girl stands in front of empty granaries in northwestern Niger in August 2005.
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LONDON (AlertNet) - Every food crisis is different - both its causes and how it develops.

But no famine arises completely out of the blue, and by the time images of dying children reach people's television screens in the West, vulnerable communities will often have experienced months of trying to cope with food shortages.

To understand the dynamics that turn a food crisis into a famine, click on Life-cycle of a famine for a stage-by-stage explanation based on Médecins Sans Frontières guidelines.



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