Open AccessBook Review - Famine in Africa − Causes, responses and prevention
Author(s) -
Joachim von Braun,
Tesfaye Teklu,
Patrick Webb
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir ekonomiese en bestuurswetenskappe/south african journal of economic and management sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2222-3436
pISSN - 1015-8812
DOI - 10.4102/sajems.v6i4.1529
Subject(s) - famine , consumption (sociology) , work (physics) , production (economics) , development economics , political science , economics , natural resource economics , sociology , social science , engineering , macroeconomics , mechanical engineering , law
In this important book the authors present the results of field work and other research from different parts of Africa. According to them, a famine is a catastrophic disruption of the social, economic and institutional systems involved with food production, distribution and consumption