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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. human health and safety
  4. disasters
  5. famine
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. human health and safety
  4. disasters
  5. famine

Preferred term

famine

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39451

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