Famine: A Man-made Disaster? : a Report for the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian IssuesReport on the causes of starvation (famine) in developing countries partic. In rural areas of Africa south of Sahara - examines development policies and environmental deterioration (desertification, deforestation, drought, climatic influence, etc.) responsible for hunger and food shortages; discusses rural urban disparity, forced migration, inadequate infrastructure; analyses the role of governments, international organizations, emergency relief and development aid; suggests alternatives for self reliance e.g. Appropriate agricultural policy., |
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Foreword by David Owen | 9 |
The famine | 23 |
Before disaster | 36 |
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African countries African famine African governments agricultural aid agencies ANGOLA areas assistance Burkina Faso capital cent co-ordination Commission on International continent countryside crop debt desert desertification deterioration donors drought early warning system environment environmental Ethiopia experts failure famine famine victims farming finance food aid food production food shortages foreign forest funds groups harvest herders human ICIHI improve increase Independent Commission International Humanitarian Issues irrigated land large numbers live livestock long-term major man-made disaster Manfred Lachs massive ment migrate million Mohammed Bedjaoui Niger nomads peasant Pierre GRABER political poverty present priority problems programmes projects rain rainfall refugees regional relief operation role rural sector Sadako Ogata Sahel schemes Senegal small farmer small-scale soil Somalia sub-Saharan Africa Sudan surplus Susanna AGNELLI Tanzania tion trees United Nations urban village level voluntary agencies vulnerability World Bank Zaire Zimbabwe