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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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002396
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoDisasters; Malnutrition; Food deprivation; Starvation; Human nutrition; Food supply chain; Irish potato famine
TranslationsSpanish: 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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