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Why has a famine never struck a country that has free press and is a representative democracy?
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A free and efficient government can find ways to prevent famine even food becomes scarce. It can encourage good farming methods , import food as needed and distribute it fairly to the people by rationing or price controls. Famine nowadays comes about because of war and civil strife that destroys food sources and distribution systems and drives people out of their homes so they can not plant crops of raise animals to eat. Often the ruling party withholds food as a way of persecuting a minority.
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How do you put famine into a sentence?
The country was struck by a terrible famine last year. Three thousand people died in our town because of famine. World famine and natural disasters are not the same because famine can be addressed by governments and individuals to save the lives of human beings.
Millions of people starved to death when the country's main crop was struck by a killing fungus what crop caused this famine?
potato
What struck London and all the theatres in 1592?
a famine struck london all the theatres were closed
Why did potato famine happen?
The downy mildew caused the Irish Potato Famine during the 1840s.
Were the Scottish affected by the potato famine?
Yes, what has come to be known as the Highland Potato Famine struck the Scottish Highlands in the 1840s.See more information at the related Wikipedia link listed below:
What three catastrophes struck Europe prior to the protestant reformation?
the Great Famine the Hundred Years' War the Black Plague
What three major catastrophe struck Europe prior to the Protestant Reformation?
the Great Famine the Hundred Years' War the Black Plague
How did potatoes almost destroy the Irish?
There was a famine in Ireland starting in the middle of the 1840s, which was caused by potato blight destroying potatoes. Potatoes formed a major part of the diet of Irish people, so when the famine struck, many Irish people died and many emigrated. Even today, the population of Ireland has not reached the level it was before the famine.
Why did people leave Ireland to come to the US in 1870's?
Basically the absentee English landlords and the British government starved them out. Add that to the long lasting potato famine and there was adequate reason to look for a place where there would be a better life. ( the great patato famine).
Which country was struck by Cyclone Aila recently?
Taiwan
Why was there a famine in Ireland in the 1840s?
the poorest tenant farmers had become totally dependent on a single crop for survival - the potato in 1845 and for the next 5 years the crop failed almost completely due to potato blight leaving these people with no food, no money to buy food - there was still plenty being exported and a UK government which believed in non intervention
Why were people evicted during the famine?
The Irish were farmers and relied heavily on potatoes as a food source; when the potato blight struck Ireland people starved.
