Essay by Frank Norris, published 1899 about famine in Cuba.

From EuropaWorld; a set of articles on the economics of farming and famine, food production, and how allocations of resources affects the poor.

Offers lessons developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of world hunger to their students.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.

Publication offers a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of basic food commodities. Articles available in PDF format.

Report of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) that provides an assessment of the current food supply situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Articles in PDF format.

An Africana.com article: gives an account of why hunger and famine occur in parts of Africa, including social, political and economic reasons.

Argues that famine is sometimes the result of deliberate policy by those in power. Article by Jenny Edkins. (PDF document)

Brief accounts of some of the principal famine events of the 20th century.

Describes and denounces attempts by richer and food exporting nations to use famines in other countries as a political weapon, and to bolster their own agricultural industries.

Lectures on the famine of 1315-1317 and the Black Death, by Lynn Harry Nelson, The University of Kansas.

Article, links and references arguing that Amartya Sen is mistaken in his analysis of the causes of famine.

Account of what famine is, and a brief discussion of the reasons for it.

Discusses the distinctions between these three terms, and explains why it is necessary to understand these distinctions.