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News Articles
United States
- Three Ways to Ensure Food Safety During Supply Chain Disruptions, Food Safety Tech, April 21, 2022
- Food Pantries Struggling to Fill Shelves Amid Price Increases, Food Shortages, WHIO, April 21, 2022
- Why Is There a Baby Formula Shortage?, Legal Examiner, April 21, 2022
- Here’s Why Food Shortages Are Unlikely to Occur in the U.S., CNBC, April 20, 2022
- No, Biden’s Comments Don’t Prove Governments Are Orchestrating Food Shortages, PolitiFact, April 18, 2022
- Biden Touts ‘Food Security Toolkit’ for Global Shortages Sparked by Ukraine, Washington Examiner, April 11, 2022
- White House Banks on ‘Price Signals’ to Avert Food Shortage – Bloomberg, Bloomberg, March 28, 2022
- To Avert Food Shortage, U.S. And Allies Will Boost Food Aid and Grow More, Successful Farming, March 25, 2022
- “It’s Going to be Real,” President Biden on War-Related Food Shortages, Farm Policy News, March 25, 2022
- Chicken Worry: Food Shortages and Rising Chicken Prices Could Spark Riots, Farmers Say Insisting Govt Is ‘Sleepwalking Into Abyss’, The Sun, March 22, 2022
International
- UN Allocates $15 Million to Address Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in North-East Nigeria, ReliefWeb, April 21, 2022
- Humanitarians Urge Action to Avert Famine in Somalia and South Sudan, UN News, April 12, 2022
- Food Shortages in Shanghai, New Food Magazine, April 11, 2022
- Breaking Down Sri Lanka Food Shortage: Items People Are Queuing up For, and Why, Indian Express, April 11, 2022
- Aid Agencies Call For Urgent Action Against Famine in Horn of Africa, Vatican News,
- Afghans Face Food Shortage Ahead of Ramadan, NWI Times, March 31, 2022
- North Korea Food Shortage: Kim Jong-Un’s COVID-19 Policy Could Lead to Mass Starvation, The Conversation, June 24, 2021
Global Food Supply
- Russia’s War Is Stoking Mass Famine and Could Cause ‘Global Catastrophe’, World Bank Boss Warns, Daily Mail, April 21, 2022
- Putin Tells Western Countries Their Sanctions Will Lead to Food Shortages in the ‘Poorest Regions of the World’ and Cause Migration to Spike, Report Says, Business Insider, April 5, 2022
- Sunflower Shortage: Why Cooking Oil Has Become So Expensive, The Guardian, April 5, 2022
- Conflict in Ukraine Is on the Verge of Creating a Global Food Crisis (MSNBC)
- U.S. Lawmakers Push for Global Food Aid Funding as UN Warns of Famine, Reuters, March 23, 2022
- As Sanctions Bite Russia, Fertilizer Shortage Imperils World Food Supply, Reuters, March 23, 2022
- How to Buffer Against an Urban Food Shortage, Nature, July 7, 2021
- Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?, Scientific American, May 2009
Environment
- Climate Change Is Making Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis Worse, Bloomberg, April 5, 2022
- How Climate Change and Extreme Weather May Lead to Food Shortages and Escalating Prices, The Conversation, December 15, 2021
- Global Food Supplies Will Suffer as Temperatures Rise – Climate Crisis Report, The Guardian, August 10, 2021
- Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns, New York Times, August 8, 2019
- Food Scarcity: An Environmental Wakeup Call, The Futurist, January/February 1998
- The World’s Food Supply is Made Insecure by Climate Change, United Nations Academic Impact
Academic Articles
- Food Shortages – ScienceDirect Overview
- Determinants of Participation in Rural Off-Farm Activities and Its Effects on Food Shortage, Relative Deprivation and Diet Diversity, University of Bonn Working Paper, February 2022
- Crisis Communication, Anticipated Food Scarcity, and Food Preferences: Preregistered Evidence of the Insurance Hypothesis, Food Quality and Preference, July 2021
- Labor Dynamics and Supply Chain Disruption in Food Manufacturing, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper, June 2021
- The Effect of Acute and Chronic Food Shortage on Human Population Equilibrium in a Subsistence Setting, Agriculture & Food Security, September 16, 2020
- Pricing and Inventory Decisions in the Food Supply Chain With Production Disruption and Controllable Deterioration, Journal of Cleaner Production, April 10, 2018
- Modeling Disruption in a Fresh Produce Supply Chain, The International Journal of Logistics Management, May 8, 2017
- Risk Analysis and Mitigation for Perishable Food Supply Chain: A Case of Dairy Industry, Benchmarking: An International Journal, February 6, 2017
- Food Scarcity and Migration: An Overview, Social Research, 2014
- Population Growth, Food Shortages and Ways to Alleviate Hunger, Current Science, July 10, 2013
- A Framework for Designing Robust Food Supply Chains, International Journal of Production Economics, May 2012
- The Response of Hotels to Increasing Food Costs due to Food Shortages, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, July 11, 2011
- Food Choices and Coping Strategies During Periods of Perceived Food Shortage: Perspectives from Four Racial/Ethnic Groups, Journal of Extension, October 2007
- Dietary Diversity Scores and Nutritional Status of Women Change during the Seasonal Food Shortage in Rural Burkina Faso, The Journal of Nutrition, October 2006
- Exploring the Thrifty Genotype’s Food-Shortage Assumptions: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ethnographic Accounts of Food Security Among Foraging and Agricultural Societies, American Journal of Biological Anthropology, February 16, 2006
- USA and Shortage of Food and Medicine in Cuba, The Lancet, February 1, 1997
- Household-Level Strategies for Protecting Children From Seasonal Food Scarcity, Social Science & Medicine, 1991
- Community-Based Strategies for Coping With Food Scarcity: A Role in African Famine Early-Warning Systems, GeoJournal, March 1990
- Household Coping Strategies and Contradictions in Response to Seasonal Food Shortage, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 1, 1990
- Gender and Food Shortage in Tanzania, Feminist Issues, March 1989
Environment
- Seasonal Cues to Food Scarcity and Calorie Cravings: Winter Cues Elicit Preferences for Energy-Dense Foods, Food Quality and Preference, March 2022
- Why Are Farmers Keeping Cultivatable Lands Fallow Even Though There Is Food Scarcity in Nepal?, Food Security, May 15, 2018
- Food Supply Chain Disruption due to Natural Disasters: Entities, Risks, and Strategies for Resilience, ERIA Discussion Paper Series, May 2016
- Water Scarcity and Future Challenges for Food Production, Water, March 10, 2015
Effect on Health
- Childhood Health and Prenatal Exposure to Seasonal Food Scarcity in Ethiopia, World Development, November 2017
- To Favor Survival Under Food Shortage, the Brain Disables Costly Memory, Science, January 25, 2013
- Recent Food Shortage Is Associated with Leprosy Disease in Bangladesh: A Case-Control Study, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 10, 2011
- The Effects of Food Shortage on Human Reproduction, Nutrition and Health, January 1, 1993
Measuring Food Shortages
- Assessing the Levels of Food Shortage Using the Traffic Light Metaphor by Analyzing the Gathering and Consumption of Wild Food Plants, Crop Parts and Crop Residues in Konso, Ethiopia, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, August 7, 2012
COVID-19 Food Supply Chain
- A Trade War and a Pandemic: Disruption and Resilience in the Food Bank Supply Chain, Industrial Marketing Management, April 2022
- Impact of COVID-19 in Food Supply Chain: Disruptions and Recovery Strategy, Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, November 2021
- Disruption in Food Supply Chain and Undernourishment Challenges: An Empirical Study in the Context of Asian Countries, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, February 13, 2021
- Is the Global Food Supply Chain during the COVID-19 Pandemic Resilient? A Review Paper, Open Journal of Business and Management, January 2021
- COVID-19 and Supply Chain Disruption: Evidence from Food Markets in India, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, October 4, 2020
- Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Diet-Related Lifestyle Behaviors: An Analytical Study of Google Trends-Based Query Volumes, Nutrients, September 12, 2020
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Food Supply Chain, Food Quality and Safety, August 24, 2020
- Impact of COVID-19 on Logistics Systems and Disruptions in Food Supply Chain, International Journal of Production Research, July 29, 2020
- COVID-19, Supply Chain Disruption and China’s Hog Market: A Dynamic Analysis, China Agricultural Economic Review, June 26, 2020
- Disruption in Global Food Supply Chain (FSCs) Due to Covid-19 Pandemic and Impact of Digitalization Through Block Chain Technology in FSCs Management, European Journal of Business and Management, June 30, 2020
Shortages and Famines in History
- Early Origins of Longevity: Prenatal Exposures to Food Shortage Among Early Utah Pioneers, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, November 29, 2012
- Climate Change, Food Shortage and War: A Quantitative Case Study in China during 1500 – 1800, International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2010
- The Post-1945 Food Shortage in British Malaya, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, August 24, 2009
- Role of the USA in Shortage of Food and Medicine in Cuba, The Lancet, November 30, 1996
- Averting a World Food Shortage: Tighten Your Belts For CAIRO II, BMJ, October 19, 1996
- Symbolism of Food Shortage in Current Polish Politics, Anthropological Quarterly, April 1983
- The Food Riot as a Form of Political Conflict in France, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 1971
North Korean Famine, 1994-1998
- Nutrition and Health in North Korea: What’s New, What’s Changed and Why It Matters, North Korean Review, 2016
- Emergency Food Aid as a Means of Political Persuasion in the North Korean Famine, Third World Quarterly, August 25, 2010
- The Origins of the Great North Korean Famine: Its Dynamics and Normative Implications, North Korean Review, 2009
- The North Korean Standard of Living During the Famine, Social Science & Medicine, February 2008
- Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aids, and Reform, North Korean Review, 2008
- The North Korean Famine and Its Demographic Impact, Population and Development ReviewJanuary 27, 2004
- Food Shortages and Nutrition in North Korea, The Lancet, December 2002
- The Great North Korean Famine: Famine, Politics, and Foreign Policy, Naval War College Review, 2002
- Famine in North Korea: Causes and Cures, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2001
- Silent Famine in North Korea, Peace Review, 1999
The Great Leap Forward (China), 1959-1961
- Exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959–61 in Early Life and Current Health Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, The Lancet, October 2016
- The Long-term Health Effects of Fetal Malnutrition: Evidence from the 1959–1961 China Great Leap Forward Famine, Health Economics, August 19, 2016
- Long-Term Effects of Famine on Chronic Diseases: Evidence from China’s Great Leap Forward Famine, Health Economics, June 16, 2016
- The Lasting Impact of Parental Early Life Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine, World Development, February 2014
- Identifying the Intergenerational Effects of the 1959–1961 Chinese Great Leap Forward Famine on Infant Mortality, Economics & Human Biology, December 2013
- The Maoist Urban State and Crisis: Comparing Disaster Management in the Great Tianjin Flood in 1963 and the Great Leap Forward Famine, The China Journal, July 2011
- Food Availability, Food Entitlements, and Radicalism During the Chinese Great Leap Forward Famine: An Econometric Panel Data Analysis, Cliometrica, May 21, 2011
- Mortality Consequences of the 1959–1961 Great Leap Forward Famine in China: Debilitation, Selection, and Mortality Crossovers, Social Science & Medicine, August 2010
- Dealing with Responsibility for the Great Leap Famine in the People’s Republic of China, The China Quarterly, March 16, 2010
- Famine, Death, and Madness: Schizophrenia in Early Adulthood After Prenatal Exposure to the Chinese Great Leap Forward Famine, Social Science & Medicine, April 2009
- Does Famine Have a Long-Term Effect on Cohort Mortality? Evidence From the 1959–1961 Great Leap Forward Famine in China, Journal of Biosocial Science, March 23, 2009
- Three Parts Natural, Seven Parts Man-Made: Bayesian Analysis of China’s Great Leap Forward Demographic Disaster, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, February 2009
- The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster, Journal of Political Economy, August 2005
- On the Causes of China’s Agricultural Crisis and the Great Leap Famine, China Economic Review, 1998
Soviet Famine (including the Holodomor), 1932-1933
- https://ewjus.com/index.php/ewjus/article/view/609, East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, October 26, 2020
- The Soviet Famine of 1931–1934: Genocide, a Result of Poor Harvests, or the Outcome of a Conflict Between the State and the Peasants?, Europe-Asia Studies, June 26, 2019
- The Holodomor Law and National Trauma Construction in Ukraine, Canadian Slavonic Papers, October 17, 2016
- Living in “Survival Mode:” Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma From the Holodomor Genocide of 1932–1933 in Ukraine, Social Science & Medicine, June 2015
- The Impact of Holodomor Studies on the Understanding of the USSR, East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, January 23, 2015
- Towards a Decentred History: The Study of the Holodomor and Ukrainian Historiography, East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, January 23, 2015
- The Holodomor of 1932–33: How and Why?, East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, January 23, 2015
- How the Holodomor Can Be Integrated into our Understanding of Genocide, East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, January 23, 2015
- Deleting the Holodomor: Ukraine Unmakes Itself, World Affairs, September/October 2010
- The Holodomor and the Building of a Nation, Russian Politics & Law, 2010
- The Soviet Famine of 1932–1933 Reconsidered, Europe-Asia Studies, May 21, 2008
- The Holodomor and Its Consequences in the Ukrainian Countryside, Harvard Ukrainian Studies, 2008
- Population Losses in the Holodomor and the Destruction of Related Archives: New Archival Evidence, Harvard Ukrainian Studies, 2008
- Stalin and the Soviet Famine of 1932 – 33 Revisited, Europe-Asia Studies, June 22, 2007
- Natural Disaster and Human Actions in the Soviet Famine of 1931–1933, The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, 2001
- Was the Ukrainian Famine of 1932–1933 Genocide?, Journal of Genocide Research, 1999
- The Soviet famine of 1932–1934: ‘Food is a weapon’ — Maxim Litvinov, 1921, Soviet Studies, 1967
The Great Famine (Ireland), 1845-1852
- The Economic Assimilation of Irish Famine Migrants to the United States, Explorations in Economic History, October 2019
- The Demographic Impacts of the Irish Famine: Towards a Greater Geographical Understanding, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, April 27, 2012
- Scurvy in the Great Irish Famine: Evidence of Vitamin C Deficiency From a Mid-19th Century Skeletal Population, American Journal of Biological Anthropology, MArch 28, 2012
- Did the Great Irish Famine Matter?, The Journal of Economic History, March 3, 2009
- Migration as Disaster Relief: Lessons From the Great Irish Famine, European Review of Economic History, September 7, 2006
- What Do People Die of During Famines: The Great Irish Famine in Comparative Perspective, European Review of Economic History, November 28, 2002
- Fertility Trends, Excess Mortality, and the Great Irish Famine, Demography, November 1986
Books
- From Food Scarcity to Surplus, 2021
- Holodomor and Gorta Mór: Histories, Memories and Representations of Famine in Ukraine and Ireland, 2012
- Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, 2012
- The Politics of Land and Food Scarcity, 2012
- Famine: A Short History, 2009
- Who’s Hungry? And How Do We Know?: Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation, 1998
- The Great Famine, 1996
- Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity, 1996
- Food Scarcity and Famine: Assessment and Response, 1992
Reports and Briefs
- There Is No Place for Famine in the 21st Century, World Vision Policy Brief, March 2022
- Climate Change: A Hunger Crisis in the Making, Action Against Hunger, October 2021
- Communicable Diseases and Severe Food Shortage, World Health Organization, October 2010
