The Ethiopian famine
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The Ethiopian famine.
It has been suggested that the Ethiopian famine is only one facet of a long-term climatic change whose effects include the southward movement of the Sahara. The impression is often given that famine is widespread across a belt of Africa from Cape Verde to the Red Sea, but nothing could be further from the truth. Famine is defined as an extreme shortage of food, but this must be viewed in relati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns19750034