Famine
It depends on how much shortage there is, Richard is quite right
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A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any faunal species, which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.

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Famine
It depends on how much shortage there is, Richard is quite right
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A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any faunal species, which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.

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Famine is defined as an extreme shortage of food or lack of access to food by a population, accompanied by an increase in death rates. Deaths during famine occur not only due to malnutrition, but also from infectious diseases to which malnutrition predisposes the population and from the social ills brought about by food shortage. Famine is a true public health emergency, and unfortunately has been a common human experience throughout history.

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A shortage of food over a long period of time is called a food shortage. You might think it would be called a famine. But a famine is a time where there is so little food that many people starve.

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