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fam·ine [ˈfæmɪn] N

lakota f

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There was frequent fighting, plunder and raids from all sides, of recent epidemics, famines, and a locust invasion had challenged the society. en.wikipedia.org

Between 1914 and 1918, a series of epidemics such as typhoid and famines struck the town, resulting in the reduction of the population. en.wikipedia.org

While the demographic impact of famines are immediately visible in mortality, longer-term declines of fertility and natality can also dramatically affect population. en.wikipedia.org

After 1815, increased agricultural productivity met a larger food supply, and a decline in famines, epidemics, and malnutrition. en.wikipedia.org

Usually, merchants begin hoarding food as a crisis develops in conflicts, to keep it from being stolen, in famines, to get higher prices. en.wikipedia.org

The country has suffered from droughts, famines and grinding poverty that led to violent dissent. www.thestar.com

These policies failed to aid famines in the early nineteenth century due to estate owner negligence. en.wikipedia.org

Moreover, there is some confusion among proponents of the thrifty gene hypothesis about how long famines have played a role in evolution. en.wikipedia.org

He considered the land taxes to be ruinous, a block to savings, and the source of famines. en.wikipedia.org

Persistent trade deficits, wars, revolutions, famines, depletion of important resources, and government-induced hyperinflation have been listed as causes. en.wikipedia.org

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