Famines in Africa: is early warning early enough?

• Egile Nagusiak: Jeeyon Janet Kim (Egilea), Debarati Guha-Sapir (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Taylor & Francis Group, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Following the second Sahelian famine in 1984–1985, major investments were made to establish Early Warning Systems. These systems help to ensure that timely warnings and vulnerability information are available to decision makers to anticipate and avert food crises. In the recent crisis in...