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Surviving Famine: Coping Strategies in History

Explore behavioral coping strategies in the face of famine throughout history, from migration to desperate measures. Learn about changes in cropping patterns, rationing, and societal collapses. This study delves into the darker aspects of survival when faced with scarcity.

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Surviving Famine: Coping Strategies in History

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  1. Note to designer: These images for layout purposes. I will supply high-density files for final reproduction. Photo: Tom Stoddart, Getty Images

  2. Note to designer: These images for layout purposes. I will supply high-density files for final reproduction. Photo: Tom Stoddart, Getty Images

  3. Note to designer: These images for layout purposes. I will supply high-density files for final reproduction. Photo: Tom Stoddart, Getty Images

  4. Note to designer: These images for layout purposes. I will supply high-density files for final reproduction. Photo: Felicia Webb

  5. Note to designer: These images for layout purposes. I will supply high-density files for final reproduction. Photo: Felicia Webb

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  7. Fig 2 53 52 51 50 49 Body weight (kg) 48 47 46 45 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Years

  8. Fig 3 England in the year 1000

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  10. Fig 5 9 months Bangladesh Gambia Hungry season

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  12. Fig 7 The Minnesota Semi-Starvation Study

  13. Fig 8 Behavioural Coping Strategies in the Face of Famine Early responses Migration of young men to towns Changes in cropping patterns Dispersed grazing Rationing of food Inter-household transfer and loans Price rises and hoarding Sale of possessions Sale of productive assets Consumption of famine foods Desperate measures Sale of land – sharecropping – indenture Break-up of households Slavery and serfdom Theft and petty crime – social systems collapse Sale of children (usually girls) and wives Begging and prostitution Distress migration – children abandoned Banditry and civil unrest Cannibalism

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