Reuters AlertNet - SLIDE SHOW: Life-cycle of a famine

SLIDE SHOW: Life-cycle of a famine

15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: AlertNet - background material

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.
File photo by FINBARR O'REILLY

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Girl stands in front of empty granaries in northwestern Niger in August 2005.
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A malnournished Mozambican child awaits treatment at a nutrition centre in August 2005.

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A malnournished Mozambican child awaits treatment at a nutrition centre in August 2005.
File photo by GRANT NEUENBURG

A Bangladeshi woman with her son walk back to a shelter after collecting cooked food in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka in August 2004.

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A Bangladeshi woman with her son walk back to a shelter after collecting cooked food in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka in August 2004.
File photo byJAYANTA SHAW

Background

TALKING POINT: The global food aid controversy

FAMINE RESOURCE FILE: The reality of hunger

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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Pakistani earthquake survivors move to safer places in Balakot
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Pakistani earthquake survivors return after fetching drinking water near Balakot
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