famine -
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
calamity,
cataclysm,
tragedy,
catastrophe,
disaster an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
Famine -
A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
Famine -
During times of famine.
Wikipedia
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species. This phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Emergency measures in relieving famine primarily include providing deficient micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, through fortified sachet powders or directly through supplements.
OmegaWiki Dictionary
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Famine A severe shortage of food, as through crop failure or over population. It may be due to poor harvests following drought, floods, earthquake, war, social conflict, etc.
