Famine
Scarcity, starvation, dearth, and destitution are all synonyms for the word famine which is an extreme scarcity of food. In a famine there is a shortage of food and other essential necessities that one needs to survive and live a normal life. During a famine many people die of hunger and disease caused by the famine or starvation. Not only can there be diseases developed as an effect of famine and malnutrition but famine itself can be caused by outbreaks of diseases, especially AIDS/HIV. In this paper I will discuss famine as a whole and causes, effects, dangers, and other factors surrounding the topic of Famine: a natural disaster.
A famine is a social and economic crisis usually increased by extensive malnutrition, starvation, epidemic and increased mortality. Historically, famines happened because of drought, crop failure and other causes brought on by ourselves that are represented through war and politics. War destroys houses and buildings. Buildings which contain the offices of many people who become unemployed and cannot support their families. The governments which don't have much money to begin with are forced to send out troops, which takes money that they often don't have. The government does not have enough money to support the population and with fields, houses, and business' being burned and brought to the ground there is no income for the people and nothing for the governments to export to gain a federal income. People begin to starve, young children dieing, and there seems to be no hope. But in my personal opinion I think much more could be done to prevent the factors that end up causing the famines. This is just one scenario I could think of, but I am sure there are things similar to this that contribute to famine through war and ways that war affects poorer countries and seemingly instantaneously bring about the process into famine.
Even from biblical times you see in the bible implications of starvation...
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