0
Because people die, when they could easily be saved. There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, but not everyone has access to it.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the difference between hunger and famine?
Hunger is when you don't eat an famine is starvation on a large amount of people
Which event made one million Irish people leave Ireland in the mid-1800?
The Irish Potato Famine
Why Does famine force people to migrate?
Famine could lead to starvation and death. So, if there are no foodstuffs in storage, people will move to an area where food is still available. When wet weather and the potato blight over several seasons caused starvation to many people in Ireland, many Irish emigrated to America.
How do you use famine in a sentence?
There is a constant famine all over South Africa, and that is why thousands of people there die each year. The potato famine in Ireland and Scotland resulted in many Irish and Scottish immigrants coming to the US. (metaphorically) Our company's workload is very inconsistent, so it is always feast or famine.
Why did several million Irish migrate in the 1840s?
Famine.
What is a time of crop failure and starvation?
That's called 'famine'.
What did people die from in the potato famine?
Starvation, illness, suicide, murder, old age.
What is the difference between a famine and a blight?
Blight refers to the disease that affects a crop and the resulting starvation and problems is a famine.
What is the translation of FAMINE from french to English?
"la famine" (fem.) is a period of starvation, where people have so little to eat that they would eat anything. A word of the same family is "la faim", which means "hunger". "Famine" is the same word in English.
What is a famine?
A famine is an extreme shortage of food, caused by drought, crop failure, disaster, or overpopulation. Famines are often characterized by starvation, and by emigration or exodus (leaving the affected area) to find food.
What is meant by malnutrition and famine?
Malnutrition is when your body does not get all the vitamins, minerals, and protein's to survive functionally. Famine is basically starvation.
What were the cures in the Irish famine and what was the health of Irish people in the Irish famine?
There was no cure for the famine, as it was potato blight that caused it. There is a cure now, but not in the 1800's.The health was very bad, because potatoes was the main diet of the Irish people. Many died of scurvy, starvation and other horrific diseases.
