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Famines due to weather, with North Hamgyong Province particularly affected. [93] Joseon: 1870–1872: Persian famine of 1870–1872, extended by some scholars from 1869 to 1873 [94] Qajar Iran: 200,000 – 3,000,000 Estimates vary [95] 1873–1874: Famine in Anatolia caused by drought and floods [96] [97] Turkey (present day) 1873–1874: Bihar ...
On 3 January 2024, Arif Husain, the chief economist at the World Food Programme, stated 80 percent of all people in the world experiencing famine or catastrophic hunger were in the Gaza Strip, stating, "In my life, I’ve never seen anything like this in terms of severity". [111] Food prices rose in Gaza as food stocks were "running low". [112]
Officials from the United States reported that the situation in Sudan was "the world's most severe humanitarian crisis" despite the relatively low amount of media attention it received and that it had the potential to become the worst famine since the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. [24]
A linchpin in the world’s vast system for monitoring and alleviating hunger, it is designed to sound the alarm about developing food crises so organizations can respond and prevent famine and ...
Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–1879: 1876 –1879 4. 11,000,000 Chalisa famine: North India: 1783 –1784 Doji bara famine or Skull famine India: 1789 –1793 6. 10,000,000 Great Bengal famine of 1770, incl. Bihar & Orissa British company India: 1769 –1773 7. 7,500,000 Great European Famine: Europe 1315 –1317 8. 7,400,000 Deccan famine ...
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