Why does famine persist in Africa?

By S. Devereux. Food Security, 2009

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Soil Science

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The importance of plant health to food security (2010, background): “Even in good years (2000–2001) fewer than 25% of Malawi farmers achieved self sufficiency in maize (Devereux 2009).”
Estimating smallholder crops production at village level from Sentinel-2 time series in Mali's cotton belt (2018, background): “…of EWS failing to identify the emergence of localized famines in Ethiopia (1999–2000), Malawi (2001–2002) and Niger (2005) (Genesio et al., 2011; Devereux, 2009), highlight the outstanding challenges faced by EWS in assessing local food insecurity, including data accuracy, timeliness and…”
Evergreen Agriculture: a robust approach to sustainable food security in Africa (2010, background): “The advances in Malawi and Niger are particularly noteworthy as these countries have suffered mass mortality food crises since 2000 (Devereux 2009).”
Is rainfall really changing? Farmers’ perceptions, meteorological data, and policy implications (2013, background): “With regard to the duration of the rainy season, the statement ‘there is more rain when it rains’ was observed as increased rainfall intensity in Malawi and Botswana, during the rainy season, especially in January.”
The 2011 Somalia famine: Context, causes, and complications (2012, background): “Along the way, the article outlines the way in which the Somalia famine confirms or contests existing knowledge about famine (Devereux, 2009).”
Adaptation strategies and climate vulnerability in the Sudano‐Sahelian region of West Africa (2011, background): “…by the food crises in Burkina Faso in 2000 and Niger in 2005, where the interaction of climatic hazards and other driving forces (political instability, desert locust invasions, market shocks, response failures) were identified as the main causes (Vignaroli et al., 2006; Devereux, 2009).”