Is the Era of Great #Famines Over? - The New York Times
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/opinion/is-the-era-of-great-famines-over.html
How did Ethiopia go from being the world’s symbol of mass famines to fending off starvation? Thanks partly to some good fortune, but mostly to peace, greater transparency and prudent planning. Ethiopia’s success in averting another disaster is confirmation that famine is elective because, at its core, it is an artifact and a tool of political repression.
