Comida: An Experience in Famine - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/NorComi.html Essay by Frank Norris, published 1899 about famine in Cuba.
FEWS Net - http://www.fews.net/ United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.
Food Outlook - http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/GIEWS/ENGLISH/fo/index.htm Publication offers a global perspective on the production, stocks and trade of basic food commodities. Articles available in PDF format.
Food Supply Situation & Crop Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa - http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/GIEWS/ENGLISH/af/index.htm Report of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) that provides an assessment of the current food supply situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Articles in PDF format.
Famine and Malnutrition - http://www.europaworld.org/Famine.htm From EuropaWorld; a set of articles on the economics of farming and famine, food production, and how allocations of resources affects the poor.
Opinion: Devinder Sharma - Famine as commerce - http://www.indiatogether.org/agriculture/opinions/dsharma/faminecommerce.htm Describes and denounces attempts by richer and food exporting nations to use famines in other countries as a political weapon, and to bolster their own agricultural industries.
Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger - http://www.feedingminds.org/ Offers lessons developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of world hunger to their students.
What is Famine - http://www.ucc.ie/famine/About/abfamine.htm Account of what famine is, and a brief discussion of the reasons for it.
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