It will not cause famines in Africa, floods in Bangladesh, or the submersion of Pacific islands.
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Africa continues to suffer from low levels of agricultural productivity and is constantly bedeviled by famines.
Food shortages killed millions in Europe between 1690 and 1700, followed by more famines in 1725 and 1816.
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Weather-derivatives contracts are meant to protect small farmers in Africa from food shortages and famines caused by drought.
"It suggests that what occurred in Somalia was one of the worst famines in the last 25 years, " he added.
Some were adventurers, some sought land and treasure, some escaped oppression and famines, and yes, some arrived in shackled bondage.
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By the end of the 17th century, famines had spread from northern France, across Norway and Sweden, to Finland and Estonia.
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There was cannibalism in 1563 and 151 famines were recorded in England before 1620, the year the Mayflower sailed to America.
But this is because a lot of aid is given to countries recovering from natural disasters, famines or other humanitarian emergencies.
There may be wars, famines and natural disasters but it is precisely this attitude that inhibits the kind of progress we desire.
Famines in Europe were far more frequent because of the colder weather.
The introduction of the potato in Europe sharply reduced once frequent famines.
MPs from across the House said more needed to be done to prevent famines rather than solely providing aid once disaster had struck.
Without the pot, we never would have roamed far from sources of fresh water, and wouldn't be able to preserve food to get through famines and harsh weather.
Cha Ka Le Vong, a Hanoi restaurant which only serves a thick stew of fish and herbs, has survived three wars, two famines, several attempts at nationalisation, hyperinflation, and the dramatic boom and bust of the 1990s.
An ever-present risk with this kind of writing is the aestheticising of politics: real wars and famines, and real efforts to ameliorate them, tend to be treated as literary texts to be analysed or deconstructed, not as events with implications for policy and action.
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