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How famines are formed: In Gaza and elsewhere, an underlying pattern that can lead to hunger and death

By Paul Howe, Professor of the Practice, Tufts University

The United Nations’ latest report on hunger makes for grim reading. On April 24, 2024, the international body released its annual Global Report on Food Crises, showing that 281.6 million people faced acute hunger in 2023.

And indications for 2024 suggest worse may be to come. In March, the United Nations’ highest technical body for assessing food and nutrition crises warned of an “

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