john89@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy didn't other nations help China during its Great Famine?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareWhy didn't other nations help China during its Great Famine?john89@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months ago In addition to the historic reasons mentioned in the other comments, there’s places facing famine right now that aren’t getting much help and several more countries where we should be preparing for mobilization and aren’t. Source for that image is the World Food Program’s early warning report: https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000153539/download/
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI learned the other day that Madagascar had a famine in 2021??? I had no idea.
In addition to the historic reasons mentioned in the other comments, there’s places facing famine right now that aren’t getting much help and several more countries where we should be preparing for mobilization and aren’t.
Source for that image is the World Food Program’s early warning report: https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000153539/download/
I learned the other day that Madagascar had a famine in 2021??? I had no idea.