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

SLIDE SHOW: Life-cycle of a famine

16 Sep 2005

Source: AlertNet

A girl stands in front of empty granaries in northwestern Niger in August 2005.

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A girl stands in front of empty granaries in northwestern Niger in August 2005.
REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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A 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.
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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.

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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.
REUTERS file photo/Jayanta Shaw

Background

TALKING POINT: The global food aid controversy

FAMINE RESOURCE FILE: The reality of hunger

SLIDE SHOW: Life-cycle of a famine

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 comunities 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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thumb for Kashmiri earthquake survivors, who lost home after massive earthquake, eat food in refugees camp in Islamabad

Kashmiri earthquake survivors, who lost home after massive earthquake, eat food in refugees camp in Islamabad
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thumb for A North Korean woman receives corn at a public distribution centre in Sohung county

A North Korean woman receives corn at a public distribution centre in Sohung county
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thumb for North Korean women queue to receive corn at a public distribution centre in Phyongwon county

North Korean women queue to receive corn at a public distribution centre in Phyongwon county
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thumb for A North Korean mother feeds her child with special food in Pyongyang

A North Korean mother feeds her child with special food in Pyongyang
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thumb for North Korean children eat their lunch at a government-run nursery in Pyongyang

North Korean children eat their lunch at a government-run nursery in Pyongyang
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