Famine
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002396
The conditions when at least 20 per cent of households in an area face extreme food shortages with a limited ability to cope; acute malnutrition rates exceed 30 per cent; and the death rate exceeds two persons per day per 10,000 persons.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-002396 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Animals, Livestock, One Health |
| References | Medical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Disasters; Malnutrition; Food deprivation; Starvation; Human nutrition; Food supply chain; Irish potato famine |
| Translations | Spanish: hambruna |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-002396",
"term": "Famine",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "The conditions when at least 20 per cent of households in an area face extreme food shortages with a limited ability to cope; acute malnutrition rates exceed 30 per cent; and the death rate exceeds two persons per day per 10,000 persons.",
"subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
"see_also": [
"disasters",
"malnutrition",
"food deprivation",
"starvation",
"human nutrition",
"food supply chain",
"Irish potato famine"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "hambruna"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/famine/"
}
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